Welcome to Fit Body Happy Joints. My name is Dr. Shannon Ritchie. I am a fitness instructor. I'm a former physical therapist and I am the owner of Evel Fitness and this podcast is all about giving you a concise

fitness information so that you can be successful in your

workouts with the least stress and strain to your body.

So let's get into this very hot topic. I'm super excited about this episode.

We're going to be talking about how to keep your metabolism high even as you age. How often do we hear someone in their 30s or 40s

or beyond tell someone in their 20s

what I would give to have my old metabolism back

and eat whatever I want.

Or this is something that I heard a lot when I was younger

is enjoy that donut while you can while your metabolism is high.

And I think that we could probably have an entirely different conversation about those comments

themselves and kind of our trained thoughts and beliefs about food.

But today we're going to focus on metabolism as you age and that current science is saying that what we

thought about metabolism and aging might not be true. So the belief that a declining metabolism

is an inevitable part of adulthood

really causes people to feel helpless

and like they can't do anything about it

and they just surrender to the natural aging process. But. anything about part of adulthood at least in earlier adulthood from the ages of about 20 to 60.

So a study led by Hermann Ponsner and this was released in August of 2021 so pretty recent demonstrated that when you

account for lean mass metabolism stays stable from the ages of 20 to the ages of 60.

And after the age of 60-ish, it tends to decline by 0.7% each year.

So let's go over this study a little bit deeper. And then we're going to talk about what to do about this.

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