Health and wellness information for the modern human
You’re eating the same foods you always did. You’re moving just as much—maybe even more. Yet somehow, the weight creeps on, settling stubbornly around your midsection despite your best efforts. Your body, it seems, has unilaterally decided to change the rules. Welcome to metabolic slowdown, that frustrating biological shift where your body becomes increasingly…
Have you ever eaten spicy food and felt your body heat up? The slight sweat, the flush, the undeniable sensation of warmth spreading through you? That’s thermogenesis—heat production—and it’s your body burning calories. What starts as a pleasant tingle on your tongue triggers a cascade of metabolic responses that increase energy expenditure and fat…