basal metabolism

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Intermittent fasting and other timed eating regimens ultimately reduce caloric intake, raising similar concerns of slowing basal metabolism.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Intuition might whisper that a brisk resting heart rate would also correlate with an increased basal metabolism, but that isn’t the case.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

As a result of Depression many hospitals have lately been giving cheap diagnostic services to put their expensive xray, basal metabolism and other machines to some profitable use.

From Time Magazine Archive

This measurement represents the basal metabolism of a man at complete rest, when his oxidative activities are at their lowest ebb.

From Food in War Time by Lusk, Graham