basal metabolism
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Most popular interest in basal metabolism centers around ways to kick it up a notch and increase our energy use while doing absolutely nothing, with the prospect of losing weight in the process.
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
De Mont had had an appointment with a doctor that morning to take a basal metabolism test.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sloping lines represent regressions of oxygen consumption on chamber air temperature, and horizontal lines, basal metabolism.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.
