Category: Metabolism

NEAT: The Calories You Burn Without Trying

Your gym session burns 300 calories. The rest of your day can swing by two thousand. NEAT is the biggest and least-managed component of your energy expenditure, and it quietly collapses the moment you start dieting.

September 14, 2026 · 6 min read

Metabolism

Does Dieting Damage Your Metabolism? What the Research Says

"Starvation mode" and "metabolic damage" are the two most repeated ideas in diet culture, and both are distortions of something genuine. Adaptive thermogenesis exists. It is just much smaller — and much more reversible — than you have been told.

September 14, 2026 · 6 min read