Boosting your metabolism – It‘s the talk of the town.

It seems that everyone has the perfect recipe that can help you increase your metabolism – from manmade supplements to natural foods, and from exercise routines to meditational practices.

But before you buy into claims that a certain supplement or exercise can boost your metabolism by astounding rates – sometimes as much as by 115 percent – stop and think about what that really means.

An elevated metabolic rate has very specific symptoms.

When you exercise, your metabolic rate is elevated, and your body shows all the classic symptoms – fatigue, perspiration, an elevated heart rate, heavy breathing, and thirst.

Bodybuilders and fitness models often use a drug called Clenbuterol to increase their metabolism. Clenbuterol causes fatigue, perspiration, an elevated heart rate, heavy breathing, thirst – and even heart palpitations.

Hyperthyroidism, a medical condition, also causes an elevated metabolic rate. Symptoms of hyperthyroidism include fatigue, weakness, irritability, perspiration, and an increased heart rate.

Most of us have not taken Clenbuterol, and most of us don’t suffer from hyperthyroidism, but most of us have increased our metabolic rate through exercise.

Try this: The next time you go to the gym, walk for 10 to 20 minutes on a treadmill at a speed of 5 miles per hour.

How will you feel when you are finished?

If you were to increase your metabolic rate by a large percentage, you would feel like you’d been walking on a treadmill all day.

Will so-called metabolism-boosting recipes such as taking a teaspoon of cinnamon or drinking a cup of green tea make you feel like you’ve been exercising all day? Obviously not.

If your metabolism is truly elevated, you’ll be sweaty, tired and thirsty. And if you feel that way all the time, you could have some serious health problems.

Short metabolism boosts are good for you, but 50 to 100 percent boosts are neither realistic nor safe.

If you want to lose weight, focus on eating less, not burning more. Your diet should help you lose body fat, and your exercise routine should be used to help you maintain or increase your muscle mass. Also, drink less alcohol because it can slows down fat burning – https://epicraze.com/alcohol-slows-fat-burning/

Cinnamon and green tea have their advantages, but they won’t help you lose weight by boosting your metabolism.

One of my most favorite e-mails came from a friend of the family who lost her post-pregnancy baby fat by using Eat Stop Eat.

It takes some women a few months – and for some, it takes years. But all women who have given birth can tell you that losing weight after having a baby is an important, yet difficult, goal.

For many women, post-pregnancy fat is a source of anxiety and embarrassment. But who has time to follow a strict diet plan when an infant’s routine runs the household?

This is where Eat Stop Eat fits in.

The Eat Stop Eat plan, which incorporates intermittent fasting into a normal eating routine, is the perfect solution for women who need to shed pounds, but who have very little time to invest in dieting.

Eat Stop Eat requires no investment of time. There are no special meals to prepare, no additional food shopping trips, and no supplements to maintain. Babies are time-consuming – and the Eat Stop Eat method can actually help give women more time to devote to the care of their new baby.

Eat Stop Eat is also a very private dieting method. No one will see a woman who is using the Eat Stop Eat method eating special foods or diet bars. Other women will be left wondering how a woman following Eat Stop Eat lost her baby fat so quickly.

Finally, Eat Stop Eat apparently works incredibly well for women who want to get rid of baby fat. My wife followed Eat Stop Eat after the birth of our first child, and she is now following Eat Stop Eat to get back to her pre-pregnancy weight after the birth of our second child. And, as you can see from Lindsay’s e-mail, she also realized great results using Eat Stop Eat to get rid of her baby fat.

Lindsay’s Email:

Hi Brad,

I’m not even sure if you knew I was doing Eat Stop Eat, I didn’t really mention it to many people, not for any particular reason, except that I just usually keep eating and exercise routines to myself unless someone asks.

You may or may not know, but during my pregnancy with Owen I gained a LOT of weight.  It was/is extremely stressful for me and gave me substantial motivation to lose it all.

I began Eat Stop Eat in November ’08 and I am still following it.  I’ve mixed Eat Stop Eat with a resistance training and intervals program and so far I’ve managed to lose 72 pounds since my heaviest weight during my pregnancy.  I’ve set a weight goal that is actually less than my pre-pregnancy weight and I was going to email you when I reached that goal, just to let you know that Eat Stop Eat worked for me!  But since I’m pretty close to the goal anyway, I’m emailing you now.

I am proud of how far I’ve come so far, but it’s still a little tender for me to discuss specific numbers of pounds gained during my pregnancy.  I am willing to share photos if you need some.  I don’t have any crazy photos of myself in a bikini or anything, but I have a photo of my at the hospital with Owen the day he was born and I like to call myself unrecognizable in it.  I’d be willing to send you a photo of myself once I reach my final weight goal

I hope this helps you Brad.  Eat Stop Eat has truly helped me in many ways.

Please let me know if you need any further details and/or if you would like me to send you pictures.  I’m willing to help in any way I can.

Thanks,

Lindsay

Many people think the growth hormone is responsible for helping children grow taller, but the truth is that adults utilize the hormone all throughout life to maintain their overall health.

I’d go so far as to say that growth hormone should be renamed “fasting hormone”, since growth hormone becomes especially important when an individual is fasting. During fasting periods, this hormone regulates metabolism and maintains muscle mass.

When a person fasts, his or her growth hormone interacts with an enzyme called hormone-sensitive lipase – or HSL, letting fat cells know when to release stored fat that the body can use for energy.

Contrary to what some believe, low insulin isn’t what causes fat to burn during fasting periods. In fact, scientific research has proven that very little fat is burned when insulin levels are low if growth hormone levels are also low.

If a person is attempting to get rid of body fat, a combination of low insulin levels and high growth hormone levels is the best approach.
An added bonus: The growth hormone has beneficial effects on muscle mass, which is also important when an individual is attempting to lose weight by fasting.

Some athletes have used supplemental growth hormones to enhance performance. The hormone is so effective at reducing body fat and building muscle mass that is has been banned by organizations such as the NCAA and the International Olympic Committee in its supplemental form.

An individual’s natural growth hormone is released every three to four hours, with the biggest release occurring approximately an hour after her or she falls into a deep sleep. Levels of the hormone are also increased during periods of intense exercise. Research has shown that as little as ten minutes of intense exercise can have a profound effect on the amount of growth hormone levels in a person’s body.

How can you get the most out of your growth hormones?

First, follow a flexible intermittent fasting method such as Eat Stop Eat. Brief periods of fasting can increase growth hormone levels. Secondly, if you want even more GH release, be sure to get at least ten minutes of intense exercise every day and get plenty of sleep each night, since both of these practices allow for optimal release of the growth hormone.

Healthy growth hormone levels will help your body burn fat and maintain muscle mass.