Healthy Food Guide

Is your metabolism preventing weight loss?

Struggling to lose weight? You might be feeling you’re doing everything right — eating less, moving more — but just not getting the results you should. Could a slow metabolism be conspiring against you? And if it is, what can you do to speed it up? Or might there be something else at work? HFG examines some common metabolism myths and uncovers the facts.

What is metabolism?

What most people actually mean when they talk about metabolism as it relates to weight is their ‘metabolic rate’ — the

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