Metabolism Directory

Medical Reference

• Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Disease

  Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions, raises your odds of heart attack or stroke. WebMD explains.

• What Is Metabolic Syndrome?

  Metabolic syndrome is a collection of symptoms that can lead to diabetes and heart disease. Learn more from WebMD about the risk factors for this increasingly common syndrome.

• Metabolic Syndrome-Topic Overview

  What is metabolic syndrome? Metabolic syndrome is a group of health problems that include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol. Together, this group of health problems increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. What causes metabolic syndrome?Metabolic syndrome is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle ..

• The UltraMetabolism Diet Review: Does It Work?

  The UltraMetabolism diet starts out restricting many foods and drinks. Does the method work for weight loss? Find out.

Features

• Eat Your Way to a Faster Metabolism

  Can what you eat boost what you burn? Yes, but so can foods you don't eat.

• Can Certain Foods Speed Up Your Weight Loss?

  Not all calories are created equal. Some foods can speed up your weight loss.

• 8 Ways to Burn Calories and Fight Fat

  For years, products have been marketed with the promise of helping you burn more calories. But is there really anything you can do to increase the number of calories your body burns each day?

• Fighting 40s Flab

  Is a sluggish metabolism the heavy in over-40 weight loss troubles?

Video

• The Skinny on Calories

  What is a calorie anyway? Nutritionist, Marion Nestle weighs in.

• What to know about boosting metabolism when you’re trying to lose weight.

  What to know about boosting metabolism when you’re trying to lose weight.

• Food and Your Metabolism

  How do the foods you eat affect how fast your body burns off calories?

• 5-Minute Metabolism Jumpstart

  Use this interval training session to boost your metabolism.

Slideshows & Images

• Slideshow: 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Metabolism

  Try these 10 tips to increase raise the rate at which you burn calories and lose weight.

Quizzes

• Simple Quiz: Boost Metabolism

  Answer this question to learn more about boosting your metabolism

• Simple Quiz: Metabolic Rate

  Answer the question to learn more about metabolic rate.

• Quiz: Diet, Exercise, and Your Metabolism

  Try this quiz to find out how much you know about your metabolism and metabolic rate and about how they are affected by diet, weight training, and muscle mass.

• Fat Facts Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

  Test your diet IQ with this quiz about different types of fat and fats.

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