What is metabolic age and how does it differ from chronological age?

 What is metabolic age and how does it differ from chronological age?

Chronological age is your age in calendar years. Metabolic age is a number that comes from comparing your Basal Metabolic Rate with the Basal Metabolic Rate average of your chronological age group. Depending on how you compare you are assigned a metabolic age number that can be lower or higher than your chronological age.

Metabolic age is a number that comes from comparing your Basal Metabolic Rate with the Basal Metabolic Rate average of your chronological age group. Depending on how you compare you are assigned a metabolic age number that can be lower or higher than your chronological age. A metabolic age number younger than your chronological age generally means that you are fitter and in better health than the average, the lower the age the better in shape you are. An older metabolic age points towards being less healthy and fit than your peers and if it’s much older than your chronological age, then this is the matter of immediate attention .

The most important thing to know about metabolic age is that you’re really trying to measure metabolism, or specifically increase metabolism. 

 So, what’s the best way to increase metabolism?

• Add more lean muscle by lifting weight: 
  
   Your body has to work harder to maintain lean muscle and that work means more calories are used.  The more calories you use the better.

• Shed body fat: 
  

  You can accomplish this once again by lifting weight combined with the right type of cardiovascular exercise.

• Eat better:
  
  
  
  Food is fuel and better fuel makes the engine run hotter and more efficiently.  Ultimately, having a faster metabolism than someone else doesn’t matter if you’re taking in more calories than your metabolism is burning. Keep the calories in check.

  Daily Calorie Needs:

  There are several formulas to determine your daily calorie needs, I suggest the following formula, which takes into account your metabolism and activity level.
   
  Here's what you do:
  Body weight x 10 (men) or 9 (women) x activity factor x metabolism level.
   
  Activity factor is determined like this:
  
  
• Sedentary lifestyle (sitting a lot, no real exercise) = 1.1
• Mildly active - standing at work, 2-3 workouts a week = 1.2
• Very active = 1.3

            Metabolism level is determined like this:

• Fast metabolism = 1.1
• Average = 1.0
• Slow = .9

Here's an example for a 190lb man: 190x 10 = 1900 x 1.2 (mildly active) =2280  x .9 (slow metabolism) = 2052calories per day. So you have a daily calorie total that should then be divided by 5-6 to give you a idea of the calorie content of each meal. 

What you have to do is, keep the right mix of macronutrients along with muscle building exercise and you’re on the right track....!!