What is a Slow Metabolism

Some people might have a hard time losing weight and the reason could be from having a slow metabolism but it can be very rare and most of the time is not the reason why a person might be overweight because it is usually about a person's exercise and diet that causes them to be overweight and nothing to do with a slow metabolism.

The body converts everything that a patient eats and drinks then turns that into energy and that is called metabolism. When a patient is resting the body is still at work with repairing cells, and making sure that the blood circulates. A lot of factors might determine when it is based on metabolism.

Factors that could cause slow metabolism are listed below but not limited to:

- The size and composition of the body. When a person has a bigger muscle mass they burn a lot of calories.

- The sex of a person also plays a part in it. A man usually doesn't have as much body fat like a woman does.

- Muscle mass usually decreases when a person starts to age.