News — Metabolism

Your metabolism is how your body turns calories into energy, so when you say you have a slow metabolism, you really mean your body is hanging onto calories, causing unwanted weight gain. But what causes this to happen? For some people, it could be too much cortisol, known as the stress hormone. Normal amounts of cortisol can help you burn fat if its working in tandem with other chemicals in your body. But if you have too much cortisollike if youre really stressed out for a long timeyour body may think youre under duress and could need extra energy, which...