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Dave Sherwin (00:12):
Welcome to the
DiRobi Health Show.
Today we're talking aboutmetabolism M-E-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-M.
The dictionary tells us thatmetabolism means it's the set of
life-sustaining chemicalreactions in organisms.
We talk about metabolism beingfast or slow Not really a
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scientific way of talking aboutit, but it's, anecdotally,
something that we feel, but anactual fact.
Metabolism is really just howwell our body processes energy.
When we take in food, our bodyconverts it into energy or fat.
As we get older, it sure feelslike.
When we eat, stuff just goesstraight to our problem areas.
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And the older we get, of course, the more the chemical
processes in our body strugglebecause they're just not firing
the way that they did when wewere teenagers and in our 20s.
However, modern nutritionalscience and physical fitness
science tells us that there arecertain things that we have done
that directly hurt ourmetabolism that we can undo, and
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I've got seven of them heretoday and I'm pretty excited
about these because there'snothing that's very difficult.
I have really appreciated mynutritional certification from
Precision Nutrition, the numberone certification organization
in the world for nutritionalcertification of nutritional
coaches, and one of the things Iloved when I took it which I
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did it first as a client througha gym that I was a member of
and I was so impressed with theone year training that I did on
nutrition and how it changed mylife that I wanted to become a
coach, and one of the reasonswhy is because everything was
real world, everything was basedin science, there was nothing
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that was flamboyant, everythingwas doable.
They would kind of talk abouthow some kind of extreme health
people want you to have like anorganic hippie garden and feel
like everything has to be 100%pure before you put it in your
mouth or you could never haveany caffeine or any sugar or
anything like that.
And the fact is, of course,there are many things in our
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society we should avoid, and ofcourse, too much sugar and too
much caffeine is bad for us.
However, we live in a modernsociety where it's kind of
difficult enough to navigatehealth without being extreme or
having zero tolerance or blackand white thinking, and in that
effort, I'm trying to make theseseven things that are doable
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and very, very effective withoutgoing to extreme measures.
So I hope you enjoy these.
Our metabolism is somethingthat we have to pay better
attention to, more attention toand do a better job of as we age
, and these are some of the bestones that I know of.
Number one stop eating afterdinner.
Now, this one might besurprising.
If you've listened to the showfor very long, you know that I
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always recommend stopping eatingafter dinner.
However, you might be wonderingwait a minute, we're talking
about metabolism here.
If we ate some food afterdinner, wouldn't that give some
food to our metabolism?
Well, the answer is not really.
As a matter of fact, it wouldbe giving energy to our
metabolism.
At a time that our metabolismis trying to wind down, it's
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doing the opposite of what weought to be doing, which is a
hormone reset before we go tosleep.
Hormone reset Meaning after westop eating.
Our digestive system, which isthe second most energy sucking
element of our body.
Our brain takes 25% of all theenergy that comes in our body.
Digesting food takes the nextlargest amount.
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I don't have the stat off thetop of my head, but for those of
you geeks, you could justGoogle that and find it very
quickly.
And then the basic energy thatwe need to move and function in
the world comes next, and that'ssometimes a surprise to people,
because we might think thatwalking around and taking our
body from one place to anotherall day would take quite a bit
of energy.
However, it's running the brainand then digestion, and the
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fact is, when we eat afterdinner, we are making our
digestive system suck up a lotof energy and it takes away from
the systems in our body thatshould be doing hormone resets
raising the melatonin before wego to bed and then, as we go to
bed, raising our HGH, ourtestosterone and our estrogen,
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and then we wake up in themorning with balanced hormones
ready to go to work.
However, if there's still foodbeing digested in our stomach
when we lie in bed, all of thatis disrupted.
So, number one help yourmetabolism by stopping eating
after dinner, and this will alsoensure that you're not taking
in energy at a time that youshouldn't be.
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It might be difficult to do,for it took me about 60 days,
but it's well worth the effortand once you get it dialed in.
Also, you don't have to beperfect in this.
One study found that people whoare using intermittent fasting
for weight loss could eat afterdinner or break their
intermittent fast in one way oranother two times a week and not
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affect their weight loss andtheir overall metabolism.
I have found that generally tobe true as well.
If I don't eat after dinner sixdays out of the week and go to
a party and just kind of enjoythe party and eat some treats
and enjoy my time with everyoneelse, including the beverages
and food, it doesn't seem toderail my health program.
So it's not an all or nothingthing but strive for at least
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five days a week.
Next, stay hydrated Again.
Simplicity itself.
We all know we should bestaying hydrated.
However, most people don't.
I can't tell you how many timesI do these free sessions which
I do for Deroby customers whereI'll spend 20 minutes to half an
hour just helping them make anycourse corrections or listening
to challenges they may have.
And I always ask them are youdrinking enough water?
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And they say well, I know Ishould and I'm probably not.
I hear that over and over andover.
And so work on that before youspend any money or buy any fancy
shakes or powders or programs,make sure you're drinking enough
water, because this solves alot of problems.
Our body is made up of water.
We need water.
If you get sick of drinking somuch water all the time, you can
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add something like our healthyfocus up, energy drink or neuro.
Boost our X2O product.
You can add Mimi's MiracleMinerals to your water.
Cell Fuel these are some of theproducts we have that can
enhance your water and make itbetter, more interesting.
Add some flavor, make it morepowerful in the case of Cell
Fuel and X2O.
So, yeah, you can add somethings, even edible essential
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oils with a citrus flavor ofgrapefruit, lemon, lime, orange.
Just a few drops in a bottlemakes water much more
interesting and enjoyable.
So stay hydrated.
Drink half your body weight inounces every single day.
That means, if you weigh 150pounds, drink 75 ounces of water
.
Weigh 200 pounds, drink 100ounces of water.
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It doesn't include what youdrink during exercise, when
you're exercising.
Don't count that water towardsyour daily total.
Next, prioritize proteins.
We live in a carb addictedsociety and protein rich foods
have been proven to increaseyour metabolic metabolic rate by
15 to 30%.
Yet instead of prioritizingprotein, most people just eat a
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lot of low quality carbs all daylong.
Now we probably need moreprotein than governments tell us
to.
We all have governments thathave our best interests at heart
and they try to tell us howmuch we should be eating.
They do their food pyramids andwhatever they do.
However, generally speaking, Iwould say that the hubramans of
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the world, the scientists, thePhD experts in the field who do
this type of work, who actuallytrain people and have Olympic
level athletes, et cetera alwaysrecommend more protein than is
typically recommended by thegovernments of the United States
.
Canada, england, germany, youname it.
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How much do we need?
Probably a gram of protein perpound of body weight per day.
If you can't get that much, atleast half a gram of protein per
pound of body weight per day,and chances are you're not
getting that much.
Just track it for a few daysand you'll see.
Make sure and include leansources of protein like fish,
chicken, tofu, beans, eggs andeggs in your diet.
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Next, sleep Again.
Simplicity itself, but it'sgoing to be really hard to
positively improve yourmetabolism if you're not
sleeping.
How much?
Well, it ranges from seven tonine hours, and over time you
can kind of get to know for youwhat works the very best.
And one of the things that Ithink is critical that we often
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overlook is trying to go to bedat about the same time every
single night of the week, asoften as humanly possible, and
for me, who was a strugglinginsomniac for years.
I mean, it was really a problemin my life.
It affected my day-to-dayperformance.
It was just miserable nightswhere I lay tossing and turning
and could not sleep.
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I know what that's like.
If you're experiencing it, Irelate.
But one of the keys for me wassetting a bedtime that I stuck
to.
For me, it's around 10 o'clock.
If I get to bed between about9.45 and 10.15, man, I sleep
really well.
I feel like a million bucks.
I wake up at 5.30 or 6 in themorning, feeling terrific and
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I'm so glad I've put theinsomnia behind me.
If you're struggling with sleepissues and it's well worth
hiring a sleep coach it's notvery expensive.
Try coachme For one.
You'll find inexpensive coacheswho are highly qualified who
could help you to sleep ifyou're having problems with it.
Number 5, move more, sit less.
Is smoking?
Is sitting the new smoking?
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I don't know.
But why do they say that?
Well, because it does shortenyour life, just like smoking
does.
And one of the things that'scome across my radar recently is
an actual measurement that I'venever really heard before.
It comes from Kelly Storet'sbook, and this is so bad.
But I read his book, his wifewrote it with him as well, and I
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can't remember her name.
I heard of him first and hisname is stuck in my head, but if
you look up the book Built toMove by Kelly Storet and his
wife, whose name I should know,they talk about not sitting more
than 6 hours a day, keepingtrack of your sitting hours,
setting a timer for 30 minutesand then, if you've been sitting
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for 30 minutes, stand up andjust walk around for a few
minutes or just stretch out andthen sit back down.
But try not to sit more than 6hours a day and, of course,
exercise daily, even if it'slight.
Movement is absolutely key tometabolism.
If you're not moving enough,you probably know it, and just
find a way to motivate yourself.
Get a workout partner, dowhatever you have to do to move
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more and sit less.
Number 6, incorporate veggiesand superfood powders.
I am a huge fan of veggies andI'm a huge fan of superfood
powders Veggies I try to getthem with every single meal,
including breakfast, but what Ifound is these modern superfood
powders that have come along inthe last 5 to 10 years just in
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some ways are better thanvegetables.
Now, I know the purists aregoing to just, you know, kill me
for this, or maybe they won'tkill me.
What's the right word?
Get mad, do a Twitter storm?
I don't know.
They're just going to stronglydisagree.
However, if you look at theingredients of our greens and
red superfood, there is novegetable that can compete,
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because it's got 50 differentthings, including multiple
mushrooms.
It's got adaptogens, it's gotspirulina, wheatgrass I mean 50
items, right.
So, although I understand thewhole food veggie, the carrot,
the broccoli, the kale issomething that I need in my diet
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every single day.
When you add on top a superfoodpowder, you're getting stuff
that you just can't get, even ifyou're growing all your own
food, because you can't grow 50.
You can't grow stuff from allaround the world, right?
So eat your 5 to 9 servings ofwhole food veggies and
supplement with a superfood.
It will make your digestionbetter.
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It'll make sure you get enoughfiber.
It's a fantastic combo and willdirectly improve your
metabolism.
Remember, your metabolism ishow well the chemical processes
in your body work, and there'snothing like the phytochemicals
and nutrients and veggies andveggie powders to give all of
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those systems what they need tooperate correctly.
And number seven is managestress.
Chronic stress directly impactsyour metabolism in a negative
way.
It can lead to weight gain.
It can lead to anxiety,depression and even mineral
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depletion.
People who fire on too muchcortisol on a daily basis tend
to be mineral deficient.
So practices like yoga,meditation and deep breathing
can help you lower stress levelsand maintain a healthy
metabolism.
So we need less less cortisol,more Zen.
Even brief moments ofmeditation or breathing
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exercises Can literally slowdown metabolism while we are
doing them and help usphysically and mentally reset.
So there you go seven ways toboost your metabolism in Very
simple, very easy to understandways.
I've done a blog post about thisthat I'll be posting on our
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blog at blog dot dirobi calm,and so you can get all the.
There's actually a bunch ofscience there.
We've got to actually a link toan article called how to stop
snacking after dinner.
That's a problem that you dealwith, as well as the basis and
science behind everything that Ijust talked about.
And and, by the way, I tend toembed all of my blog post at
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blog dot diroba calm and createcontent around it, including
graphics, etc.
So if you prefer to sometimesread the content and set a
listing for 15 minutes, which isroughly what my episodes are
Recently then you can just go toblog dot dirobi calm.
There's a lot of reallyterrific articles there.
We spent a lot of time duringthe research and putting these
things together, and so makesure and check those out.
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This is Dave Sherwin, wishingyou health and success.