Do 'Slow Metabolisms' Exist? What Does The Science ACTUALLY Say?

Описание: Do 'slow metabolisms' actually exist?

It is commonly claimed that people who struggle to lose weight have a 'slow metabolism' or 'metabolic damage', and we know from an abundance of research that the likelihood is they are simply misreporting their energy intake.

It is VERY hard to accurately calculate how much energy you are consuming and burning, so it makes sense that people do not get this accurate very often.

However, this has caused a bit of an overreaction, and many people claim that slow metabolic rates don't exist.

Well, it depends on your definition of 'slow', because we have a lot of research showing that slower metabolic rates definitely exist.

Two people could have the same height and weight but one could burn a lot less energy than the other. Even if they have the same amount of muscle mass, one could burn far less energy than the other.

So, it's smart to know that:
1) 'Metabolic damage' is often overstated, and simply a result of people underreporting their food intake
2) However, this doesn't mean that interindividual variance doesn't exist. Humans are complex little buggers so it makes sense that some of us burn slightly more or less energy.

Make sense?

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Discrepancy between Self-Reported and Actual Caloric Intake and Exercise in Obese Subjects
Thyroid Hormone Action and Energy Expenditure
Short-term Change in Resting Energy Expenditure and Body Compositions in Therapeutic Process for Graves' Disease
Basal metabolic rate is decreased in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and biochemical hyperandrogenemia and is associated with insulin resistance
No consistent evidence of a disproportionately low resting energy expenditure in long-term successful weight-loss maintainers
Specific metabolic rates of major organs and tissues across adulthood: evaluation by mechanistic model of resting energy expenditure
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
Accuracy and Validity of Resting Energy Expenditure Predictive Equations in Middle-Aged Adults
Intra- and interindividual variability of resting energy expenditure in healthy male subjects – biological and methodological variability of resting energy expenditure
Resting Energy Expenditure in Older Inpatients: A Comparison of Prediction Equations and Measurements
Revised Harris–Benedict Equation: New Human Resting Metabolic Rate Equation