A Romulan with blood on his face. Nanoprobes assimilating blood cells. Blood is the circulatory fluid that runs through most corporeal lifeforms in the universe. Its primary function is to carry nutrients and respiratory gases to cells and to remove waste products.
Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, and building muscle can help increase your metabolism (36, 37, 38, 39). This means you will burn more calories each day, even at rest (40). Lifting weights will also help you retain muscle and combat the drop in metabolism that can occur during weight loss (41, 42, 43, 44).
Metabolism is a complicated bodily process that often gets blamed when people put on weight or have trouble losing weight. Speeding up your metabolism can help you burn calories, replace fat with muscle and give you more energy. The problem, though, is that there isnât a simple solution for how to speed up your metabolism. The first step to increasing your metabolism is understanding how it works.