Metabolic Rate

Whether you're for them or against them, we've all heard about low-carb diets such as Atkins and what they can do for weight loss. While this is really a personal preference, it now turns out, after reviewing research about low-carb versus low fat diets, that diets such as Atkins can be beneficial for those with metabolic syndrome.

Eat Right for Your Metabolism - by Felicia Drury Kliment - is about choosing a diet based on your metabolic type. Rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach, Kliment offers a number of approaches to improve health and to lose weight.

Determining your resting metabolic rate (RMR) by using a calculator is flawed. Even the best formulas are really only a best guess (see more here). Healthetech have an intriguing device called the BodyGem that determines RMR by measuring oxygen consumed while at rest.