Hello and thank you so much for tuning into this week's Food for Thought, a podcast

that's on a mission to equip you all with the evidence-based advice that you need to

live and breathe a healthy lifestyle.

I'm Rianne Lambert, registered nutritionist, author of Reinerish A Simple Way to Eat Well

and Founder of Retrition, London's leading private nutrition clinic.

In each of the 12 episodes I'll be joined by guests all of whom are experts in their

field so that together we can learn fact from fiction and empower the healthiest and

happiest versions of ourselves with trusted expert advice.

If you've been looking at ways to lose weight then you've probably almost definitely come

across the buzzword metabolism.

Some say it's like a switch that you can boost before the pounds are fall off but science

suggests otherwise.

This week's Food for Thought sees Ryan Carter and I delve into what our metabolism really

is and whether there is any truth to boosting it to help lose weight.

Hello, Rianne.

Hey Rii, how are you?

I'm very well, thank you for asking.

I think we'll start by asking the first question that I think a lot of people get very confused

about.

Is it true that if you have a higher metabolic rate it's easier to lose weight?

I think that's a thing that a lot of people associate with weight loss metabolism.

Yeah, I think fundamentally it's a simplistic way of looking at things.

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