basal metabolism
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Intuition might whisper that a brisk resting heart rate would also correlate with an increased basal metabolism, but that isn’t the case.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Intermittent fasting and other timed eating regimens ultimately reduce caloric intake, raising similar concerns of slowing basal metabolism.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
His muscular endurance sank far down, as did his basal metabolism, and his efficiency upon the typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any extraneous muscular movements are carried out in virtue of an increased oxidation of materials and the heat production rises above the level of the basal metabolism with increased muscular effort.
From Food in War Time by Lusk, Graham
