Yes and no

Yes and no.  Yes, it’s wise in the sense that avoiding that double-layer chocolate fudge cake for desert is probably a good idea (actually, scratch that; it is a good idea). 

 

The calories that come from the cake are really going to be the so-called empty calorie kind; which means that there’s no real nutritional value that your body can squeeze out and make use of.

 

But in the bigger picture, it’s unwise for your metabolism to become calorie-avoidant. 

 

Why?  Because your body is a marvelous machine that tries, at all times, to do what it can to make your life easier. 

 

Indeed, while it may not always function at optimal levels (for a variety of reasons, including genetics), it still tries to do its very best.  The body, for all of its limitations and so forth, is not a lazy thing!

 

With this in mind, the body is always trying to keep is alive and functioning in the manner that it deems to be healthiest. 

 

And that’s why if you suddenly decrease the amount of calories that you need, your body won’t try to do more with less.  In other words, your body won’t respond in the way that you want it to: it won’t necessarily provoke catabolism and thus reduce weight and fat cells. 

 

Instead, your smart and wise body will try to keep you alive by slowing down its metabolism.  It will simply believe that something is wrong –



Prev Home Next

index.htm  -   Metabolism-1.htm  -   Metabolism-2.htm  -   Metabolism-3.htm  -   Metabolism-4.htm  -   Metabolism-5.htm  -   Metabolism-6.htm  -   Metabolism-7.htm  -   Metabolism-8.htm  -   Metabolism-9.htm  -   Metabolism-10.htm  -   Metabolism-11.htm  -   Metabolism-12.htm  -   Metabolism-13.htm  -   Metabolism-14.htm  -   Metabolism-15.htm  -   Metabolism-16.htm  -   Metabolism-17.htm  -   Metabolism-18.htm  -   Metabolism-19.htm  -   Metabolism-20.htm  -   Metabolism-21.htm  -   Metabolism-22.htm  -   Metabolism-23.htm  -   Metabolism-24.htm  -   Metabolism-25.htm  -   Metabolism-26.htm  -   Metabolism-27.htm  -   Metabolism-28.htm  -   Metabolism-29.htm  -   Metabolism-30.htm  -   Metabolism-31.htm  -   Metabolism-32.htm  -   Metabolism-33.htm  -   Metabolism-34.htm  -   Metabolism-35.htm  -   Metabolism-36.htm  -   Metabolism-37.htm  -   Metabolism-38.htm  -   Metabolism-39.htm  -   Metabolism-40.htm  -   Metabolism-41.htm  -   Metabolism-42.htm  -   Metabolism-43.htm  -   Metabolism-44.htm  -   Metabolism-45.htm  -   Metabolism-46.htm  -   Metabolism-47.htm  -   Metabolism-48.htm  -   Metabolism-49.htm  -   Metabolism-50.htm  -   Metabolism-51.htm  -   Metabolism-52.htm  -   Metabolism-53.htm  -   Metabolism-54.htm  -   Metabolism-55.htm  -   Metabolism-56.htm  -   Metabolism-57.htm  -   Metabolism-58.htm  -   Metabolism-59.htm  -   Metabolism-60.htm