Page 13 - Boost Your Metabolism (Marie Egyed) : Flip It & Read It

So, the metabolism, “metabolic process”, is constantly taking care of two
seemingly opposite functions: anabolism that uses energy to create cells,
and catabolism that breaks down cells to create energy.

This is how the metabolism earned its reputation as a harmonizer. It brings
together these apparently conflicting functions and does so in an optimal
way that enables the body to create cells as needed, and break them down,
again as needed.

Fascinating stuff!

Metabolism and Weight Loss

By now, you should have a sense of how metabolism relates to weight loss
by breaking cells down and transforming them into energy through
catabolism. To understand this process even more clearly, let’s look at an

important player in the weight loss game.

Calories

Calories are simply units of measure. They aren't actually things in and of
themselves; they are labels for other things, just like how an inch really isn't
anything, but it measures the distance between two points.

So, what do calories measure? Easy: they measure energy. Yep, the evil
calorie - the bane of the dieter's existence - is just a 3-syllable label for
energy.

It's important to highlight this, because the body itself does not do a very
intelligent job of distinguishing good energy from bad energy. Actually, the
body doesn't care about where the energy comes from so long as it keeps on