Metabolism Wreckers

• Starving, skipping meals, eating one meal a day and fasting for extended periods

• Low calorie or low fat foods and diets
  • It is not just about the amount of calories you consume, but the type as well.
• Minimal physical activity and low thyroid
  • Poor T4 to T3 conversion
  • High reverse T3(from starvation diets)
• High Stress Lifestyle:
  • High cortisol in relationship to DHEA levels is a catabolic state (breakdown of muscle hence it becomes more difficult to burn fat and calories with less muscle mass)
  • Calorie Burn:
    • Fat 1lb = 2 cal/day
    • Muscle 1lb = 50 cal/day on average at rest

• Alcohol Intake
  • The more you consume, the greater conversion is to sugar

• Poor Water consumption
  • Drink water throughout day
  • Critical exceptions: heart failure & kidney disease

• Poor Sleep
  • 5 hours vs. 7-8 hours of sleep predisposes you to over 50% increase for obesity

• Breaking the Fast Violations
  • Must break the fast if you want to maintain or lose weight.
  • Follow the “7 to 7 rule.” Attempt to get as close to 12 hour fast as possible.
  • This along with increasing the amount of fiber in your diet helps to reset Leptin-Grehlin levels, which help to control appetite-satiety.