Metabolic Rate Measurements
Metabolic rate, or metabolism, is the rate at which the body expends energy. This is also referred to as the "caloric burn rate". Knowing metabolic rate is vital for weight loss as well as for determining the proper feeding amounts needed to treat various disease states.
Energy expenditure can be divided into three groups of calories.
1. Resting Calories – Calories that are burned while the body is at rest. These calories are needed just to maintain life. The majority of all calories burned (about 70-80%) are burned at the resting level.
2. Activity Calories – Calories that are burned because of normal daily activities are "Activity Calories". Normal daily activities such as walking, eating (digesting food), typing, etc. are included in activity calories.
3. Exercise Calories – These calories are burned because of exercise.
The sum of all of these groups of calories is the total metabolic rate.
Energy Balance
The body gains or loses fat based on energy balance. Energy balance refers to the relationship between energy intake (eating) and energy expenditure (metabolic rate). The figures below describe the three states of energy balance.
Normal Energy Balance: Consumption and expenditure in balance, no weight gain or loss
Negative Energy Balance: Expenditure is greater than consumption (caloric deficit), causes weight loss.
Positive Energy Balance: Consumption exceeds expenditure (caloric surplus), leading to weight gain.
The MetaCheck and REEVUE products by Korr Medical Technology measure the resting energy expenditure. Use the CardioCoach to measure the rate of calories burned during exercise.
MetaCheck Features
Professional quality measurements in a compact "desk-top" system
Provides a full page printout of results and interpretation at the end of each test
Printed report compares actual metabolic rate to predicted normal values based on the user's age, sex, height, and weight
Self calibrating to ensure accuracy
Measure Resting Metabolic Rates (RMR)
Create Custom Diet Plans
As the 'diabesity' epidemic rages on, 95% of all diets fail, and two thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. All kinds of reasons have been cited for the rise of obesity, yet there is a critical component of the weight management equation that has not received much attention: resting metabolic rate or "RMR."
Many dieters assume that they have slow metabolisms and must starve themselves to lose any weight at all. In fact, the opposite is true in many cases: Dieters can have fairly hefty caloric needs, and are undercutting themselves by more than 500 calories per day which will cause undue hunger and drastically decrease diet adherence.
In an ongoing study of obese New Yorkers, resting metabolic rates among women of equal ages and body mass indexes varied by as much as 700 calories a day, and men by as much as 1000 calories a day.This suggests very strongly that "one diet does not fit all." Moreover, attempts to predict a patient's metabolic rate with the Harris-Benedict equation, among others, often yields inaccurate results.
Resting metabolic rate measurement is easier than ever, as handheld devices have replaced the cumbersome "metabolic carts" of exercise physiology labs.Indirect calorimeters measure oxygen consumption (VO2) to determine RMR by means of a 5- to 10-minute breath test. The cost to consumer is perhaps $20 a test, and since RMR represents about 75% to 80% of daily caloric needs, it is fairly easy to calculate an appropriate calorie target for weight loss, taking into account general activity levels.
I think that RMR should be a part of regular screening performed by primary care physicians and healthcare professionals involved in assisting patients with weight loss. Dieting without an individualized caloric goal is like driving a car without a steering wheel. Maybe this is part of the reason why America has so many "nutritional casualties?"
That's my opinion and I'd like to hear yours. I'm Dr. Val Jones, Editor of MedGenMed's eSection on Clinical Nutrition & Obesity.
Weight Loss Facts:
Low Fat Foods DON'T WORK.
You cannot lose weight using Low Fat Diets. Low fat foods have been popular for more than 15 years, but yet our society is getting more overweight as each year passes. This fact alone should tell you that eating a purely low fat menu is not the answer to losing weight.
Low Calorie Diets DON'T WORK.
You won't lose weight using a Low Calorie Dieting Plan either. In fact, eating low calories is the worst thing that you can do to your body, since that will only slow down your body's fat burning engine and ruin all chances of losing weight (low calorie diets may allow a few pounds of weight loss for the first few days, but then after that all weight loss comes to a halt --- known as a dieting plateau). You can never get slim by starving yourself.
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Why Resting Metabolic Rate?
Finally, there is something NEW in the weight loss industry!
The MetaCheck from Korr Medical Technologies measures a person's resting metabolic rate with a simple 10 minute breath test. The technology once reserved for hospitals and universities is now available in Ultimate Results Personal Training & Weight Loss Center for a low cost.
Testing metabolic rates will determine exactly how many calories a person may eat and still lose or maintain weight. No more charts, averages, or guessing. For the first time in years, there is something truly new for the thousands of people who are trying to lose weight.
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