Boosting your metabolism for dummies

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Jump-start your metabolism and improve your overall health! This guide helps you determine the unique way that your body burns fat and shows you how you can increase your metabolic rate.

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Title Statements

Full title :Boosting your metabolism for dummies / by Rachel Berman, R.D., Director of Nutrition, CalorieCount.com.

Summary

Jump-start your metabolism and improve your overall health! This guide helps you determine the unique way that your body burns fat and shows you how you can increase your metabolic rate.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 314 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118491577, 1118491572
oclc:ocn827267350
LC Classification:QP171
Dewey Decimal:612.3/9

pt. I. Getting started with boosting your metabolism -- 1. Metabolism 101 : understanding how it works -- Introducing metabolism -- Comprehending calories -- Meeting the macronutrients -- Fat -- Carbohydrates -- Protein -- Recognizing the role of hormones -- Glucose has an "in" with insulin -- Cortisol -- Thyroid -- Hunger hormones -- Sex hormones -- Why other diets used to work and don't now -- 2. Your metabolism and your daily life -- Weighing muscle and fat -- How your height and weight relate -- Genes -- Quality of your diet -- Eating behaviors -- Exercise and stress -- How metabolism affects physical and mental health -- Body weight and disease -- 3. Determining and influencing your metabolic rate -- Calculating metabolic rate -- Measuring metabolic rate and body fat percentage -- Determining calorie and nutrient needs -- Lifestyle factors that impact your rate -- Stress -- Sleep deprivation -- Smoking and drinking -- Medication.

pt. II. Laying the groundwork for boosting your metabolism -- 4. Preparing your mind and body for a healthier life -- Synthetic carbs -- Sugar substitutes -- Solid fats -- Excess sodium -- BPA -- Alcohol -- Food diary -- Plating portions -- Institut…

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Cookbook Cookbooks Diet, Reducing Exercices amaigrissants Livres de cuisine Low-calorie diet Low-calorie diet -- Recipes Metabolism Metabolism -- Measurement metabolism (biological concept) Métabolisme Recipes Reducing diets Reducing exercises Régimes amaigrissants Régimes hypocaloriques -- Recettes