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What will you receive from your metabolic test?
1. You will know how many calories per day you burn under resting and exercise conditions.
2. You will also receive information about how your body uses carbohydrates and fats. How much of your total calories burned is coming from carbohydrates and fats respectively. It is this information that can be the key to seeing optimum results.
Many of us burn carbohydrates and fats at varying ratios. Discovering precise, personal information will allow us to devise eating patterns that match your genetic profile and subsequently produce optimum results.
Look at the examples below:
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Results |
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| Metabolic Rate | 1421 |
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66% |
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34% |
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| Estimated Spontaneous Activity | 142 |
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| Total Caloric Expenditure per Day | 1563 |
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| Metabolic Rate | 1975 |
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91% |
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9% |
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| Estimated Spontaneous Activity | 200 |
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| Total Caloric Expenditure per Day | 2175 |
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These are real examples from a few of our clients. The exhaustive report to
the left is interpreted into an easy to understand profile that you see immediately
to the right.
Why Metabolic testing?
No better reason can be given than
the results from these tests. Look very closely at the carbohydrate and fat
usage for each person. Notice how the first
person burns almost 91% fat at rest and only 9% carbohydrate. (9% would be
higher immediately after a meal and then slowly descend to 9% over a few hours…these
individuals were tested four hours after their last meal) This person would
do quite well on a restricted carbohydrate plan. The next person, however,
is completely different: 66% fat usage at rest and 34% carbohydrate. This person
would lose energy and muscle tissue very quickly on the same restricted carbohydrate
plan.
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Also, take a moment to look at the report below. This is the exercise report
of the first client. Notice how this person who was a very low carbohydrate
user at rest uses almost 70% carbohydrate under target heart rate exercise
conditions. This information is vital in formulating precise plans. This person
burns approximately 6.2 calories per minute during target heart rate exercise.
She trains 45 minutes per day 5 days per week. We can do the math very quickly:
45 x 6.2 = 279 calories per session - 68% are coming from carbohydrate - 279
x 68% = 190 carbohydrate calories (47.5 grams) to fuel her exercise program.
This number would then be added to her resting totals to determine total carbohydrate
consumption.
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| Metabolic Rate | 6.2
Cals / Min
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32%
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68%
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Can these numbers change?
Can the percentage your body uses carbohydrates and fats change based on various variables? Yes… this is why we offer specific instructions before the test. If, for example, someone drank a gatorade right before the exercise test your body would “gobble up” the glucose from the gatorade during the exercise. The report would show that you are a high carbohydrate user. When is reality if you would have eaten a few hours before your workout we would most likely see a more accurate picture of how your body is using carbohydrate under exercise conditions.
Can we change the way our body uses carbohydrate and fat. There are indications that through manipulating your diet and proper exercise that we can effect the way our body uses carbohydrate and fat. In many cases individuals in superior cardiovascular condition tend to use more fat to fuel exercise at target heart rate conditions and even higher. Also, by eating carbohydrates, proteins and fats in proper ratio there are indications we can effect the way our body uses these macronutrients.
Knowing how many calories per day your body is burning could be the single most significant information you could receive in achieving your weight management goals.
In most cases, people have no idea how many calories they are burning or consuming. Therefore, it is very easy to over consume and weight gain is the inevitable result.
When precise knowledge is applied to these two vital areas a powerful change takes place in the individual. Instead of engaging in ridiculous diets you will gain an inherent new discipline about all the foods in your lifestyle and how they relate to your individual metabolism.
We have seen it work over and over again as people become highly educated and aware of their food lifestyle and their metabolism. When you know, for example, that your body burns a total of 2000 calories in an entire day and you have already consumed 1800 calories it is not as difficult to say no to that piece of chocolate cake. The cake may be as much as 600 calories. Partaking would mean you are now at 2400 calories. This means that 400 calories are about to be stored as fat. When you had no idea of your total metabolism or your food values…the chocolate cake would prove to be too much temptation and you would probably have two pieces!
Now that you possess this new awareness, you will be astonished at the effect it will have on your ability to control your food intake. It is discipline and control that finds its origin in knowledge not self-denial. This type of self-control can last a lifetime…whereas the denial from diets is setting you up like a time bomb ready to explode at any moment.
Slight differences can mean big changes…both good and bad!
Did you know that only 200 calories per day in excess of your total metabolic
rate will result in over 20 lbs. of weight gain in one year! An ounce of Special
K and a cup of skim milk are less than 200 calories. Most of us consume twice
this many calories and are not even aware.
If you sat down and tried to remember what you had to eat yesterday, chances
are good you would forget at least 200 calories. This is the way most people
gain weight. Slight, subtle excesses result in substantial weight gain …slowly
over a period of time.
Conversely, if we eat 200 calories less than we burn per day we will lose 20 lbs. per year. Either way, the key is in simply knowing.
What can be done with this information to promote optimum fat loss and muscle retention?
Once we know both the total calories your body is burning and the ratio with which you use fats and carbohydrates highly effective meal patterns can be developed that will maximize fat loss.
Visit http://www.custommeal.com/mealplanning.
How much time does the test take and how do I sign up?
1. Your resting oxygen consumption will be tested as you breath normally for
approximately 10-15 minutes. Your resting metabolism can be precisely known
from the information gathered. If you wish to know your exercise metabolism
then you will be simply asked to exercise for a few minutes on a stationary
bike at target heart rate intensity. Data will be collected and your exercise
metabolism will be discovered.
2. You will receive a print out of all information and an easy to understand
explanation of your data immediately after your test is completed.
3. Pictured below is the unit in operation and subsequent reports of various
subjects.
4. The mobile testing service will come to your facility and administer this
service to your members.
5. Contact your test location provider to set up the appointment or
Contact us at 877-412-1200 or email mts@custommeal.com if you have
questions.
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