Metabolic Analysis for Weight Loss

By Dr. Erum Jiva, DNP, APRN-BC, CLS, FNLA

Have you ever heard someone bragging about their “fast metabolism” saying they can eat anything they want and not gain weight? Or have you heard a friend say she just can’t lose weight because her metabolism is too slow? Let’s look at what metabolism is and the impact it has on our life.

What is metabolism?
The process by which the body converts food and drink into energy is called metabolism. It is a process in which the calories that we ingest mix with oxygen to make the energy we need to function.

Even when we are at rest, our body needs energy for all that it has going on inside. Breathing, moving blood, maintaining hormone levels, growing and repairing cells are just a few of the activities that our bodies are continually performing. The number of calories we use at rest is called the basal metabolic rate (BMR) or basal metabolism.

Although muscle mass is the primary factor in BMR, it also depends on:
• Body size and composition. Larger people or have more who have more muscle burn more calories.
• Sex. Men tend to have less body fat and more muscle than women of the same age and weight. Therefore, men burn more calories.
• Age. As we grow older, our body loses muscle and gain fat. This slows the burning of calories.1

How basal metabolic rate is calculated
Knowing our basal metabolic rate (BMR) helps us determine the estimated baseline number of calories our body needs to function and serves as a starting point to determine how many calories we may want to consume based on our goals.

Our BMR is the total number of calories the body needs to perform essential, life-sustaining functions. These basal functions, mentioned above, require a minimal number of calories. Using a mathematical formula, we can determine our BMR.

The equation for calculating BMR is known as the Harris-Benedict Equation. It is different for women and men.

Men: BMR = 88.362 + (13.397 x weight in kg) + (4.799 x height in cm) – (5.677 x age in years)

Women: BMR = 447.593 + (9.247 x weight in kg) + (3.098 x height in cm) – (4.330 x age in years)

If you are not a mathematician, this can get complicated and can cause us to throw up our hands and head toward whatever fad diet all of the online influencers are raving about this week. For this, and a plethora of other reasons, heading to a trained and licensed professional is a much more effective, and often safer, way to control our weight.

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The most complete picture of human biology lies in the breath.

PNOĒ is the gold standard for analyzing your metabolism and determining the ideal calorie and macronutrient intake as well as your optimal workout plan that your body needs to increase your metabolism and lose weight sustainably.

PNOĒ analyzes breath and how the body works at a molecular level to determine the nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle that can help us perform at our peak. It analyzes metabolic, cellular, lung, and heart fitness in one simple test.

Whether your goal is to drop a few pounds, run a marathon, or simply optimize your lifestyle for longevity, success is about biology, not psychology. PNOĒ scans all elements of your biology that matter and provides nutrition, training, and a breathwork program that will lead you to success.

Weight loss: PNOĒ measures your metabolism, calorie needs, fat, and carb burn with clinical precision and determines the optimal workout plan, calorie, and macronutrient intake that will increase your metabolism and lead to sustainable weight loss.

Endurance: PNOĒ measures how well your heart, lungs, and cells work and determines your limiting factor along with the plan to overcome it. It also provides the metrics to guide your training and race, such as movement economy, personalized training zones, optimal bike position, fat & carb needs.

Longevity: PNOĒ measures with clinical accuracy your VO2max, cellular health, and metabolic efficiency, the strongest predictors of how long and well you are going to live. It also detects risk factors of heart, lung, and metabolic syndrome allowing you to act early.

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Reference:
1. Can you boost your metabolism? (2022) Mayo Clinic. Available at:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/
metabolism/art-20046508 .