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basal metabolism

NOUN
minimum energy requirement
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Intermittent fasting and other timed eating regimens ultimately reduce caloric intake, raising similar concerns of slowing basal metabolism.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2023

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

Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

An unfailing test for exophthalmic goitre is the basal metabolism rate, measured by a simple breathing machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

F. G., experiments by, to ascertain basal metabolism, 196–197.Berries, food value of, 41, 177.Blindness among tobacco smokers, 264.Blood pressure, influence of deep breathing on, 25.Bowels, foods the best regulators of the, 52.

From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher



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