Bratmicae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

You hear a lot about metabolism, you probably know it has something to do with weight loss.

And even if you don't go in for the supposed hacks around speeding up your metabolism,

you likely figure you can at least increase it by exercising more.

This isn't actually the case though, and my guess will sort through this and other misconceptions

around metabolism on today's show.

His name is Dr. Herman Ponser, and he's a professor of evolutionary anthropology and the

author of Burn.

New research blows the lid off how we really burn calories, lose weight, and stay healthy.

We begin our conversation with an overview of how metabolism powers everything your body

does from thinking to moving to simply existing, and how it uses the food you eat as the

energy needed to fuel these processes.

We then get into Herman's field research, which shows that increasing your physical activity

doesn't actually increase the number of calories you burn.

But why it's still hugely important to exercise anyway?

He also impacts whether certain kinds of foods are better for metabolism, offers his recommendations

and how to use diet to lose weight, and answers the common question as to whether it's true

that your metabolism goes down as you age.

After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.ias-burn.

Alright, Herman Ponser, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

Alright, so your field research has uncovered counterintuitive things about our metabolism.

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