The Basal Metabolism represents the metabolic activity, that is the energy used by an individual, in conditions of mental and physical rest. Understanding one’s basal metabolic rate is useful for achieving constant weight loss in the case of low-calorie diets. The basal metabolism is influenced by various factors:
Body surface: if the body surface is increased, the basal metabolism decreases and vice versa; – Age: increasing age decreases the basal metabolism, since, being the basal metabolism the main expression of the energy consumption of lean mass, with the advancement of age decreases muscle mass and increases adipose tissue; – Muscle mass: increase in muscle mass increase in basal metabolism; – Climate: decrease in temperature, increase in basal metabolism and vice versa; – Nutrition status: fasting and low nutrition decrease the basal metabolism which increases in high-protein diets;
Fever: Basal metabolic rate increases by 13% for every 1 degree increase in body temperature; – Drugs: sedatives decrease the basal metabolism; increase in muscle mass increase in basal metabolic rate; – Climate: decrease in temperature, increase in basal metabolism and vice versa; – Nutrition status: fasting and low nutrition decrease the basal metabolism which increases in high-protein diets; – Fever: Basal metabolic rate increases by 13% for every 1 degree increase in body temperature;
Drugs: sedatives decrease the basal metabolism; increase in muscle mass increase in basal metabolic rate; – Climate: decrease in temperature, increase in basal metabolism and vice versa; – Nutrition status: fasting and low nutrition decrease the basal metabolism which increases in high-protein diets; – Fever: Basal metabolic rate increases by 13% for every 1 degree increase in body temperature; – Drugs: sedatives decrease the basal metabolism; fasting and low nutrition decrease the basal metabolism which increases in high-protein diets;
Fever: Basal metabolic rate increases by 13% for every 1 degree increase in body temperature; – Drugs: sedatives decrease the basal metabolism; fasting and low nutrition decrease the basal metabolism which increases in high-protein diets; – Fever: Basal metabolic rate increases by 13% for every 1 degree increase in body temperature; – Drugs: sedatives decrease the basal metabolism;