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AMPK enhances your metabolism is by stimulating the creation of more mitochondria, a process called mitochondrial biogenesis. Having more mitochondria is generally considered a good thing, and we know this because chronic disuse of muscle, sedentary behavior, and aging each independently result in a decline in mitochondrial content and function.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
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Metabolic Health Affects Everything When your metabolism isn't working well because of excess weight, it affects how your body processes sugar, burns calories, and maintains energy throughout the day.
Too little food (which can reduce metabolism) Too much dietary carbohydrate Too much dietary fat Too few essential dietary fats Too little physical activity Too much anaerobic exercise
Philip Maffetone • The Maffetone Method
One of the by-products of glucose metabolism is the creation of compounds called reactive oxygen species, or free radicals.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Respiration undoubtedly declines as we age, but the underlying problem is not a shortfall in ATP, but rather a shift in metabolic flux and gene activity towards a state favouring growth.