7 Energizing Ways to Increase Metabolism

Follow these 7 tips to energize your metabolism and add more spring to your step.

Some days it just seems hard to get going. Trying to find that extra bit of energy to get you through your day but it just isn’t there. The periods of low energy may not be what they seem. Sometimes just doing a few simple things will not only help your energy levels but it can increase your metabolism as well. And anyway you can increase your metabolism is a good thing.

Here are 8 ways to help energize your days and increase your metabolism at the same time.

1.Get up and get out: Exercise is one of the most important energy boosters there is. Living the life of a couch potato lowers your energy levels. Your heart and lungs do not work as efficiently supplying less oxygen to the cells. Oxygen is a key component in cell metabolism and less oxygen means a slower metabolism. As your metabolism drops you burn fewer calories and gain weight. A slow metabolism will also cause you to feel fatigued and run down.

Gout - Painful Crystals in Your Joints

Gout has often been called the "disease of kings." It was noted many years ago that gout usually affected nobility and the wealthy. This observation resulted from the richer diet available to those of means during those times. Now, most of us eat like "kings." The disease shows rare economic discrimination. It occurs when uric acid, a break-down product of normal protein degradation which is normally dissolved in the serum of the blood, crystallizes in a joint and greatly irritates its lining. The skin is often quite red over the joint during an attack. It is most common in men from ages 40 to 60. Women are rarely affected until after menopause. Multiple joints may be involved, but usually only one joint is affected at a time. The joints of the base of the big toe, knee, hip or the ankle are the most commonly involved.