Looking for reliable information on how to achieve a ‘metabolic reset’? Want to rebalance your metabolism in order to lose or gain weight? Here’s what you need to know.
A metabolic reset is designed to achieve a long-lasting rebalancing of an individual’s metabolism in order to improve their general health and weight control, and prevent the onset or worsening of health problems such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
It may benefit:
Metabolism refers to the set of chemical reactions which keep us alive, through the production and use of energy obtained from the food we eat.
We need energy to ensure basic functions such as breathing, blood flow and cell repair (2), though the amount required varies between individuals.
Some people have a naturally fast metabolism: they expend a lot of energy in maintaining their body’s normal functions and therefore tend not to gain weight as all the energy they absorb is used up.
Conversely, individuals with a slow metabolism do not require much energy to live: they have to be more careful about what they eat as any surplus energy is converted into body fat.
To this basal metabolic rate, we need to add the energy expenditure necessary for digesting food and engaging in physical activity, though these two energy expenditure items are generally secondary.
These days, a large percentage of people in the Western world spend 9-10 hours a day sitting (3), that’s almost 70 hours a week.
By comparison, the three hours’ physical activity a week recommended as the minimum seems negligible.
This widespread lack of muscle activity, together with the problem of junk food and abundance in developed countries, all tend to lead to a slower metabolism, weight gain and numerous health problems.
A metabolic reset therefore aims to restore an individual’s metabolism to one appropriate for their energy output and food intake.
A metabolic reset should not be confused with metabolic diets (or ‘metabolic cures’) which usually promise significant and rapid weight loss but which are bad for your health and optimal weight control in the long term. Indeed, these low-calorie diets based on an energy deficit actually serve to unbalance the metabolism.
A metabolic reset is more akin to the reverse dieting popular among competitive athletes, which supports a gradual return to a higher calorie intake whilst minimising the negative effects on metabolism.
A metabolic reset involves making lasting changes to your eating habits, physical activity and lifestyle.
This is the most important step in a metabolic reset. Exercise burns calories, restructures the fat stored in the body and boosts muscle mass. The more you increase your muscle mass, the more you speed up your metabolism.
Physical activity is a reliable, long-term metabolism-booster: most of the rare individuals who do not go on to regain the weight lost on a slimming diet, say they walk a lot and exercise regularly, even at a moderate level.
Here are three additional tips for stimulating your basal metabolic rate (4-5):
It is not always necessary to eat less to stimulate your metabolism, simply to eat better. Here’s an overview of the most relevant advice given by nutritionists:
However, it’s important to stress that while diet is important, you’ll only see a real difference if it’s accompanied by the right level of physical activity.
Chronic stress and lack of sleep can upset the hormones that regulate metabolism, leading to a fall in metabolic rate and weight gain. It’s therefore important to:
Taking dietary supplements can help rebalance your basal metabolic rate, but only when accompanied by the key measures of increased physical activity and a balanced diet.
Certain substances can help increase metabolism and calorie expenditure.
When combined with tangible lifestyle changes, they can, over the long term, tip the balance in your favour.
These substances include tea and coffee, the caffeine and catechins in which help to support metabolism, ginger, guarana seeds and above all, capsaicin in chili peppers.
Capsaicin is also found in some fat-burning supplements (such as Metadrine™, a formulation rich in red chili pepper, caffeine, green tea extract, fucoxanthin, etc.)
Building muscle through the right exercise regime is a great way of improving metabolism.
So any substance that helps to directly or indirectly increase muscle mass can potentially support a metabolic reset: whey, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), creatine…
Finally, as we’ve seen, stress and lack of sleep have an adverse effect on metabolism.
Fortunately, there are many effective supplements for helping to improve stress management, including combinations of adaptogen plants, magnesium or vitamin C (such as Adrenal Support), blends of soothing essential oils (Organic Relaxing Oil Blend) or ‘stress-busting’ plant extracts (such as Stress Relief Formula).
In terms of sleep, melatonin and relaxing plant extracts (combined in Advanced Sleep Formula, rich in melatonin, valerian, hop…) have also been shown to be effective.
References
Keywords
58 Days
Reliable delivery. Good product.
Viva
72 Days
Great service
cl
74 Days
Received product promptly and its early days but seems to have improved my daughters alertness.
Anandi
84 Days
Amazing, great product!
ALEX Sinclair
87 Days
Good products and Swift handling
Trusted
92 Days
I trust the company's products, the quality is trustworthy and the speed of delivery is also appreciated.
NAJIB Malaah
92 Days
This company is serious when it comes to serving it's customers. They are fast to send out the orders. Their site is great and easy. Also, they treat their return customers with great deals and discounts. Keep up the good work.
ABDULQADER Jehad
93 Days
I know frech ( level 3 of 6) and can read your messages, but since order are official documents I'd like to have this in english. Merci Ursula Mathes
Ursula Mathes
97 Days
Box was intact, content correct but delivery time was 12 days. I started to worry!
VIITANEN Esa
100 Days
The company has provided the required product efficiently with no complications.
OldBear
101 Days
Supersmart sell a lot of interesting stuff. More than jut the usual vitamins though they do all those as well. Ordering pretty straightforward - you may need to try a couple of times to get the offers to apply but they do work. I queried something and had a fairly quick sensible reply. Postage takes a couple if days but you do get good progress information. Very well packed. Bought from Supersmart a few times and will do so again.
AT Griffin
19 Hours
Ich verwende Potassium Orotate als Blutdrucksenker. Der Arzt hätte mir ein Medikament verordnet, über Mundpropaganda hörte ich von den Kapseln. Das funktioniert seit 5 Monaten wunderbar.
BOESWARTH Johann
20 Days
Livraison Express Service client réactif Produits de qualité Je vous recommande Supersmart !
CIAMPI Brenda
26 Days
Cela fait des années que je me fournis chez Supersmart. Ces derniers temps j'ai constaté une baisse significative de la qualité de travail et d'exécution conforme des commandes permanentes. Une erreur de paramétrage du programme robotisé de livraison m'a valu 2 réceptions d'un article non commandé en lieu et place de celui qui figure sur mon espace personnel ET sur la facture émise par Supersmart. Ensuite, la succession de tickets numérotés différents pour les demandes de rectification portant sur le même sujet s'avère être une nouvelle source d'erreur et de précisions de traitement. Cela va de mal en pis, entre délai de réponse et pertinence de celles-là ... Je suis profondément déçu et inquiet : Supersmart est basé en Espagne et son centre logistique au Luxembourg, ce qui obligerait ma PJ à saisir les 2 autorités judiciaires. SUITE À LA RÉPONSE APPORTÉE PAR ANNA : Je pense que je pourrai réintroduire la commande permanente de mes articles augmentée d'un moyen curatif pour mon épouse. La morale de cela est que rien ne vaut l'humain dans l'exécution des conditionnements pour envois... et qu'il est inapproprié de s'asseoir sur des systèmes automatisés sans contrôles.
Thierry Gérard Droz
28 Days
Transgenre (52 ans) et potentiellement intersexe au sens partiel (mosaïcisme) j'ai pris pendant 4/5 ans de la Pueraria Mirifica sans avis d'un médecin... Je suis arrivé/e à ce que je voulais ; rendre plus féminin mon aspect, arrêt des érections et des éjaculations (qui étaient déjà difficiles). Tout dépend des récepteurs hormonaux (oestrogènes) dans chaque cellules de notre corps, XX et XY et phénotypes ne veulent rien dire. J'ai une poitrine, petite, pousse système pileux ralenti. Trop tard pour ma calvitie. Reprise après une pause (20/07/2025) en me fixant 2 pills par jour pendant 6 mois.
GAYET Alexia