issacertifiedtrainer/christophermcdonnough Your Metabolic Set Point From the discussion of homeostasis and metabolism above, you can see that the body is a tightly run collection of many biochemical reactions. During the intensive study of weight loss, it was discovered that your body seeks to maintain a certain base rate of metabolism, which has come to be called your metabolic set point (which results in your basal metabolic rate). This set point is controlled by your genetics and the environmental factors. Researchers have demonstrated that you can change your metabolic set point through dietary means and physical activity. The metabolic set point is the average rate at which your metabolism runs, and will result in a body composition set point. People with a slow metabolism seem to store fat easily, while people with a fast metabolism seem to be able to eat and never get fat. Your metabolic set point can be influenced by the external environment (climate), nutrition, exercise, and other factors. Studies have demonstrated that when individuals go on a low calorie diet, the body’s metabolic set point becomes lower to conserve energy. It actually resets itself to burn fewer calories, thereby conserving energy. Exercise tends to keep the metabolic rate up, and more aerobic exercise tends to cause the body to burn more fat for energy. Metabolic set point: The base rate of metabolism that your body seeks to maintain; results in your basal metabolic rate. Basal metabolic rate: The minimum energy required to maintain the body’s life function at rest. Usually expressed in calories per hour per square meter of the body surface.
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