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basal metabolism

NOUN
minimum energy requirement
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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

Most popular interest in basal metabolism centers around ways to kick it up a notch and increase our energy use while doing absolutely nothing, with the prospect of losing weight in the process.

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

It is harder to guess that he is an outstanding physiologist whose researches made possible medicine's standard basal metabolism test.

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 Graham Lusk



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