less than 45
4.High Bad Cholesterol (LDL) greater than 130
5.Fasting blood sugar greater than 100
6.Fasting triglycerides greater than 150
The good news in all of this gloom, is that if you lose as little as 10% of your body weight, there is a significant improvement in blood pressure, cholesterol and even in blood sugar if you are diabetic. Anyone with just a little effort can lose that amount of weight. On the HCG plan it’s even easier!
In this book, we will look beyond simple clichés in order to solve the real problem: How to successfully lose weight without driving yourself and everybody around you crazy and how to live a healthy lifestyle that really suits you personally that combines pleasure and health. You will learn that the new HCG diet protocol will ultimately lead you to a life without the need for a diet ever again!
Chapter 2
HCG Speeds Up Your Metabolism: The Key to Weight Loss
Your answer to easy weight loss and maintenance is your metabolism-the energy burning furnace we all have in our bodies that burn calories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Metabolism is every metabolic process that is going on in your body. Each time you eat, whether it’s fat, protein or carbs, the chemicals in the cells of your body tear apart the food and turn it into energy that keeps your heart beating, your brain working and your body warm. The faster the metabolism, the faster calories are being consumed. The more you burn, the easier it is to lose weight. The slower your metabolism the harder it is to maintain your weight and even more difficult to lose weight. Our body’s metabolism consists of four separate components.
Here Are the Components in Your Daily Metabolism:
1. Basal metabolism: 65-75% of total metabolism: ~ 1300-2000 calories/day:
This is the energy needed to breathe, maintain a normal body temperature, and maintain circulation and brain activity.
Amount of Energy: variable but as much as 1300 to 2000 calories per day:
Can I Increase It? Yes, some of the factors are genes, age, and gender related, however, this is the area where changing the type of foods, intervals, medications & supplements can raise your metabolism significantly. HCG may act at this level to increase metabolism. Dr. Simeons reported an increase of 30%.
2. Digestion of food: 10% of Daily Calories ~ 140-200 calories/day:
This is the energy needed to digest, metabolize, store and process food.
Amount of energy: not much variation
Can I Increase it? YES, by selecting better foods and drinks, changing eating times and eating intervals.
3. Daily Activities: 15-30% ~150 to 300 calories/day
This is the energy people use for daily activities. People with sedentary jobs expend only a few hundred calories. People with strenuous jobs may burn up to 1000 a day. This is also called NEAT (short for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis). This is not the energy expenditure with planned exercise.
Amount of energy: extremely variable
Can I Increase it? YES, very easy to move around more, take stairs instead of elevator, park further from office or school. Even just walking 10 minutes 3 to 4 times a day adds hundreds of calories.
4. Planned Exercise: 0 to unlimited/day.
This is the traditional “exercise” component. It is not the exercise that occurs with activities of daily living, but the energy expended by walking or jogging around the neighborhood, playing sports, going to the gym.
Amount of energy: Can be “0” to unlimited
Can I Increase It? Of course, just do some simple exercises as outline in chapter 11.
Many Factors Acting Together Can Affect Your Metabolism.
•Age- younger people have a higher metabolism than older people have.
•Genetics- the one most important determinate of metabolism and body weight.
•Gender- men have higher metabolism than women.
•Job activities-many jobs simply are so sedentary that they burn few calories.
•Medications- numerous medications lower metabolism.
•Medical problems- diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, low thyroid = lower metabolism.
•Vitamins, minerals are vital for healthy metabolism.
•Skipping meals, eating in the middle of the night, eating large carb breakfasts.
•Inadequate protein also lowers metabolism.
•Large, high carb meals or snacks lower metabolism.
Calculating Your Metabolism and Calorie Needs
How to Calculate Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
The first step in deciding if you have a slow metabolism is to calculate how many calories you need a day to maintain your body weight and your daily energy expenditure. Your total daily energy expenditure is called your TDEE. It is the total number of calories that your body expends in 24 hours, including all activities, digestion of food, calories for heart beat,
temperature, brain activity and more. According to exercise physiologists William McArdle and Frank Katch, the average maintenance level for women in the United States is 2000-2100 calories per day and the average for men are 2700-2900 per day. These are only averages; caloric expenditure can vary widely and is much higher for athletes or extremely active individuals.
Do You Have One of the Causes of A Slow Metabolism?
HCG May Reverse the Effect of Aging on Your Metabolism
Of all of the factors affecting daily metabolism, the most well known one and least understood is the gradual slowing of metabolism seen with aging. Aging is directly linked to a slower metabolism. Look at the table. Note the difference in metabolism between women and men and the fall in metabolism as one ages. There is a 2-3% drop of basal metabolic rate every ten years... The reason for this slow down is a loss of muscle mass and a decrease in physical activity. Eat a little too much food as you age and you have a formula for significant weight gain. HCG can help increase metabolism. Dr. Simeons wrote this may me as high as 30%
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