Build Muscle To Increase Metabolism
Essentially, most diet advice comes down to reduce your intake and/or up your activity. In fact, it is a little more complex than this. There are four components of metabolic rate. These can be affected by food, activity or drugs and some of them can be permanently changed. The most significant component of your metabolic rate is called basal metabolism. This is the basic rate of calorie burn that it takes for your body to keep alive. It usually accounts for approximately 65-70% of the total. However, the amount of energy that your body burns even at a resting rate is affected by the amount of muscle mass that you carry. So if you can increase the amount of muscle on your body, you will increase your metabolism.