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| | Basal metabolic rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | During exercise that achieves the anaerobic threshold, it is possible to deliver substrates that are desired for optimal energy utilization. | | | Each of these substrates have been measured for their caloric values in a bomb calorimeter, which determines exact values for energy in units of heat that are expressed as calories. | | | Thus the emphasis shifts from caloric restriction, which slows the BMR or RMR and causes frustration of weight management goals, to substrate utilization, which focuses on what the body needs to stay healthy. |
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| | CYCLING PERFORMANCE TIPS - basal metabolic rate |
| | The basal metabolic rate (BMR) or resting metabolic rate (RMR) is defined as the energy requirements of the human body at rest and reflects our Caloric needs to maintain basic life processes. | | | A trained athlete will become smoother in style, and adopt other energy saving techniques, but their basic energy needs for any level of energy expenditure (or Caloric output) while exercising are the same as you and I. Finally, metabolism slows with age. | | | Third, experienced or trained athletes can "tune" their metabolism and become more efficient. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate - BMR |
| | In other words, your BMR is all the energy used for the basic processes of life itself. | | | It is obvious then that one way to increase your BMR is to engage in weight training in order to increase and/or maintain lean body mass. | | | This is very significant if you want to lose body fat because it means that the more muscle you have, the more calories you will burn. |
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| | What do BMR and RMR stand for? |
| | Equations have been developed to estimate BMR and RMR when testing is not practical. | | | The Harris-Benedict equation has been the standard for decades and is still the most widely used. | | | In fact, as explained in our Technical Notes, below, RMR is likely to be more appropriate for your needs and is a more accurate estimation. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | This energy is called basal metabolic energy consumption, and it makes up the majority of the energy our body uses. | | | Many of the cells in the body are situated in the muscles, which require a certain amount of energy just to be maintained, even when they are not being used to do muscular work for the body. | | | After the initial exercise work that you have to do (yes, there is no way of avoiding it!), you can sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labour, an increase in your basal metabolic rate. |
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| | Article number 6 - Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | The formulas below are the most accurate method of determining your BMR without resorting to expensive medical analysis. | | | This is why professional athletes training 2 or 3 times a day can consume enormous quantities of food without being in any danger of putting on fat. | | | To ensure that one can get the most accurate guide to his/her actual BMR — researchers have devised occupational allowances for the average man or woman’s daily activity: |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Type 1, and Metabolic Disorders treatment and medications |
| | Our metabolic rate is represented by the work we do, heat from body metabolism, and stored energy, such as in the form of fat. | | | In healthy humans the BMR is approximately 2000 kcal/day. | | | The metabolic rate is affected by recent food ingestion, muscle exertion, environmental temperature, height, weight, body surface area, age, sex, emotional state, body temperature, pregnancy, menstruation, level of thyroid hormones, and "stress" hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine). |
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| | AllRefer Health - Physical Activity: Basal metabolic rate (Exercise, Fitness Recommendations) |
| | A person's basal metabolic rate is based on body functions such as respiration, digestion, heartbeat, and brain function. | | | This means, for example, even after the physical activity, when a person is sedentary and watching television, the body is using more calories than usual. | | | BMR accounts for most of a person's calorie use. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | In addition, with less muscle, your BMR is slower, and you burn fewer calories just existing. | | | Regular exercise, along with a balanced diet, can restore a considerable amount of your muscle mass, speed up your BMR, and, of course, increase your strength. | | | The basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the number of calories required to keep our bodies operating at rest (that is, to maintain breathing, heart rate, body temperature and other basic functions). |
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| | BIODYNAMICS : Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | The equation used by the analyzer to predict BMR, based upon Grande and Keys | | | BMR (calories/day) = 14.15 * Fat-Free Mass (lb) | | | For a typical patient, BMR accounts for more than ninety percent of total daily expenditure - more than ninety percent of calories are burned while the patient is at rest. |
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| | BMR Calculator Actabit Weight Loss Journal |
| | Even if you are in bed asleep all day, your body still needs energy to pump blood around the body, maintain body temperature, etc. | | | I feel it is useless unless you have the body fat | | | How can I get her to take in less calories if she sees she needs 1800 just to sleep. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | In essence this is the minimum amount of calories your body needs just to survive while at rest. | | | More lean muscle mass adds to your BMR. | | | The rate at which energy is used by an organism at complete rest, measured in humans by the heat given off per unit time, and expressed as the calories released per kilogram of body weight or per square meter of body surface per hour. |
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| | CLA Tone For Your Health Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Use the following BMR formula to calculate the amount of calories your body needs to maintain basic body functions: | | | A women of 68 kg would need 68 * 22 = 1496 calories a day to maintain basic life functions. | | | This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. |
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| | Metabolic rate |
| | This means that it is now definately possible to test and find out if your basal metabolic rate is being affected, and use this to improve your health. | | | Train seriously: A long term commitment to training can convert fat into muscle, so much so, that if you have been sedantary in your lifestyle, you could see improvements of up to 10 percent per year. | | | Your metabolic rate can be influenced by a number of factors, some of which you can control. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate and Obesity |
| | While these adaptations may account for some of the variability between individuals, they do not prevent body weight changes in response to unbalanced energy equations. | | | Since people do not eat continuously, our bodies are very efficient in storing energy for future use. | | | Intermediary metabolism converts the energy consumed into the forms for storage or into forms which are readily available for biological processes such as compounds with high energy phosphate bonds. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) |
| | The higer the muscle mass in the body, the more calories the body will use to sustain life. | | | It can help you determine your exercise needs. | | | drugs (some drugs slow down the BMR dramatically |
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| | Basal metabolic rate |
| | However, if the changes in body composition that comes with aging is taken into consideration, the BMR of the elderly may not be that much lower. | | | The rate at which an animal body consumes oxygen when it is at rest and is not digesting a meal. | | | BMR is lower in elderly subjects both on an absolute basis and per unit body weight. |
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| | Basal metabolic rate calculator bmr calories burned exercise nutrition |
| | Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the energy used (measured in calories) by your body to perform basic functions, including internal energy expenditure, breathing, and body temperature. | | | It is the number of calories your body would expend if you performed no physical activity throughout the day. | | | With this being said, adding even small amounts of lean muscle with proper nutrition and exercise can increase your BMR, and allow you to burn more calories on a daily basis. |
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| | basal metabolic rate -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | This temperature is the average set point for the inner body temperature of mammals. | | | Physicians can measure a patient's basic metabolic rate (BMR) by measuring the amount of oxygen the patient uses or by measuring the amount of heat the patient radiates. | | | The higher the amount of oxygen consumed in a certain time interval, the more active is the oxidative process of the body and the higher is the rate of body... |
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| | Free Fitness Tools : Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) |
| | JOIN WF Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the energy expended by the body at rest. | | | This continual work makes up about 60-70% of the calories we use and includes the beating of our heart, breathing, and the maintenance of body temperature. | | | Your BMR is influenced by a number of factors, including age, weight, height, gender, environmental temperature, dieting and exercise habits. |
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| | Room 42 Software's Basal Metabolism Calculator |
| | Every attempt is being made to represent current accepted medical knowledge. | | | Based on personal experience: To lose weight, you must eat less calories then the basal caloric rate. | | | Also based on experience, the algorithms used - do NOT work, for those lean young men, who seem to be able to eat forever. |
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| | Fitness Twins Forum - Fitness Twins - basal metabolic rate (BMR) |
| | In order to accomplish our goals we have to learn our own body! | | | You'll first figure out your basal metabolic rate (BMR), the minimum number of calories your body needs to function. | | | This is the total number of calories needed to maintain your weight. |
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| | Testosterone Nation - Basal Metabolic Rate? |
| | JB also has an equation, using LBM % I belive. | | | Basically the respiratory exchange ratio may change due to the altered breathing pattern rather than the effects of metabolism. | | | She used a breathing machine to measure the BMR and I had to breath in and out through only my mouth for 10 minutes. |
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| | basal metabolic rate |
| | Disease, including mental illness, can make it rise or fall. | | | A cruder measure of BMR estimates the amount of heat given off, some heat being released when food is used up. | | | It is measured when the subject is awake but resting, and includes the energy required to keep the heart beating, sustain breathing, repair tissues, and keep the brain and nerves functioning. |
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| | basal metabolic rate - definition of basal metabolic rate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | metabolic process, metabolism, metastasis - the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life | | | The rate at which energy is used by an organism at complete rest, measured in humans by the heat given off per unit time, and expressed as the calories released per kilogram of body weight or per square meter of body surface per hour. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy your body needs to maintain normal function while at rest. | | | Some claim healing of incurable diseases is possible, making this the choice for those who are ill. | | | Adding lean muscle mass through resistance training is another great way to increase your basal metabolic rate. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Your Basal Metabolic Rate shows the number of calories your body needs to operate. | | | This doesn't account for any activity, it's simply the energy needed to sustain a heartbeat, breathing and normal body temperature. | | | It measures the body at rest, not sleep, at room temperature. |
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| | How to Estimate Your Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Digestion – we use about 10% of the calories we consume to process food. | | | Basal metabolism – the energy our body needs to remain alive – accounts for 50-75% of our daily caloric expenditure. | | | Physical activity – 15-50% of our caloric expenditure is used for activities above the basal metabolic baseline. |
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| | Sect. 6, Ch. 9: Factors Affecting Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Among the factors affecting BMR are weight and body surface area. | | | A one-degree increase in body temperature leads to a 10% increase in metabolic rate. | | | Physical activity affects the metabolic rate; the metabolic rate varies with the activity level. |
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| | SuperiorMuscle - Basal Metabolic Rate for Gaining/Losing Weight |
| | I also have to say that with that bmr number... | | | A 2000 calories BMR means you spend 2000 calories a day maintaining your body functions and current weight. | | | This is the thermogenic values certain foods have on your metabolism. |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) or resting metabolic rate (RMR) is the amount of energy your body needs to keep itself alive. | | | Heart beat, breathing, and other physiologic systems require a constant supply of energy (or calories) to keep you functioning normally. |
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| | basal metabolic rate |
| | the rate at which energy is expended in a basal condition, calculated as calories per hour per square meter of body surface and compared with a normal standard expressed as the percentage above or below the amount of oxygen normally used at rest, -15 to +5 percent being considered normal. |
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| | Cape Cod Health Clubs Fitness Gym |
| | Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is the minimum number of calories your body needs to support its basic physiological functions, including breathing, circulating blood and all of the numerous biochemical reactions required to keep you alive. | | | How many calories does your body use when you're doing absolutely nothing? |
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| | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| | Research has shown that some people have more difficulty controlling their weight because their metabolism is slow. | | | You will be asked to come to the laboratory in a rested state. | | | This measurement is very important for weight control. |
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| | Gateway, Inc. Shareware: BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) Calculator 1.0 |
| | Basal Metabolic Rate is the number of calories your body needs when you are resting. | | | Shareware › Family › Health, Fitness, and Medical › BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) Calculator 1.0 | | | BMR Calculator lets you calculate Basal Metabolic Rate without learning any math formulas. |
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| | Nigerian Journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences - Vol. 1, No. 2 (2002) |
| | Results obtained from the study showed that males had significantly higher BMR mean value of 52.36 ± 4.13 Kcal/hr as compared to the mean value of the females which was 36.28 ± 2.96Kcal/hr (P < 0.002). | | | All the subjects fasted for at least 12 hours before determining the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) from the rate of oxygen consumption by the subjects. | | | The study was carried out in order to provide local reference values of basal metabolic rate (BMR) by determining the BMR of healthy young adult males in Lagos and that of their female counterparts. |
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| | Basal metabolic rate - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community |
| | I think it's possible that you aren't eating...especially if you are burning a lot of calories through exercise. | | | Believe it or not, one of the best ways to keep your metabolism revved up is by eating. | | | how would one go about finding out what their BMR is? |
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| | Daily (Basal) Metabolic Rate Calculator used for weight loss |
| | This value, called the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), is the number of calories per day that your body burns maintaining your heart beat, digesting your food, creating new tissue cells, working your brain, and the hundreds of other processes that your body does automatically. | | | Knowing this value is key to changing your body's weight and this tool will help you calculate it. | | | To determine your rate, please enter the following information. |
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| | BASAL METABOLIC RATE |
| | The metabolic rate as measured under basal conditions: 12 hours after eating, after a restful sleep, no exercise or activity preceding test, elimination of emotional excitement, and occurring in a comfortable temperature. | | | Copyright DSHI Systems, Inc., Last updated Feb. 2002 |
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| | BETA BLOCKERS - drugs often used to treat hypertension to reduce the rate and force of the heart beat | | | BACTERIA - one-celled microorganisms found in soil, water and air, some of which cause infectious disease in humans and animals | | | BASAL METABOLIC RATE - a measurement of thyroid function via a breathing test that measures oxygen used and calories spent while at rest |
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