How Muscle and Your Metabolism Are Connected
If you want to wake up your metabolism 2 things are required. First, eat nutrient-dense foods that burn as fuel ALL DAY and avoid processed foods or high glycemic foods that spike your blood glucose levels and shut down your metabolism. Second, wake up your muscles and get them to work for you because “Muscle Dictates Metabolism” indipill.com.
This is the mantra of the nutrition classes I teach and for one of our classes I invited personal trainer Ryan Thiele to come and speak to the class about the relationship between muscle and metabolism.
Here is an article that Ryan wrote that explains part of that process. I hope you find it helpful as you look to incorporate exercise into your weekly health regimen.