Reducing Energy Efficiency Boosts Calorie Burning In Muscle

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 12:10 in Health & Medicine

What started as an evolutionary protection against starvation has become a biological "bad joke" for people who need to lose weight. The human body doesn't distinguish between dieting and possible starvation, so when there is a decrease in calories consumed, human metabolism increases its energy efficiency and weight loss is resisted. read more

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