Maximize your CALout
There are 3 ways that our body burns calories.
- Metabolism: ~85% of the calories that we burn everyday are through our metabolism.
- Physical activity (not including exercise): this contribute to ~10% to our daily calorie expenditure.
- Exercise: those who exercise regularly (as recommended) probably burns ~5% extra calories.
You can see clearly how important our metabolism is in our body weight regulation. Thyroid gland is the major regulator of our metabolism. When you have low thyroid hormones, you will have slower metabolism and weight gain, month other symptoms. Subclinical hypothyroidism has been estimated to be ~4-10% in the general population and ~7-26% in elderly population.