who much Sport makes, has a faster one metabolism. Sounds plausible, but unfortunately it is a misconception. Even if you burn more calories for a short time and thereby increase the basal metabolic rate, sport has no effect on the metabolism. This is the result of a study.
Accelerate metabolism with sport: is that possible?
Faster metabolism thanks to exercise? Study refutes that
As a Study found out in the magazine Nature Communications, the metabolism cannot be influenced by sport. Every person has an individual metabolism. Whether you are sporty or not – he always runs at the same speed.
The assumption that you can permanently increase your calorie consumption through exercise is widespread. Unfortunately, this is one misconception. Of course, you burn more calories during exercise afterburn effect even up to several hours after the sports unit. But in the long run, this does not change the basal metabolic rate, as the scientists found out.
The researchers determined the total energy expenditure of almost 350 people. They had to drink a glass of water that had previously been enriched with isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen. The isotopes can be traced in the body and are lost through breathing, sweating and excretion. In this way, the scientists were able to measure how fast each person’s metabolism is and how many calories are being burned.
The result: The metabolism varied in the subjects by up to 20 percent – and that regardless of whether they exercise or not.
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Is it easier to lose weight with a faster metabolism?
Obviously there are huge differences in the speed of metabolism. Shouldn’t that mean that people who have a fast metabolism also lose weight more easily?
The researchers examined this in the second part of the study. To do this, they documented the weight of the subjects over different periods of time. But here, too, the result was sobering: A fast metabolism is no guarantee that you will lose weight more easily. Nor do people with a slow metabolism gain weight more easily.
Conclusion: Why you should still exercise
Even if the study has disillusioned some amateur athletes: Please don’t stop doing sports now! After all, it’s about much more than burning calories. In the end, above all, should health and fun stand in the foreground. Although your calorie turnover does not increase – you stay fit, healthy and in a good mood.
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