The type, quantity and the time of food intake plays a pivot role in the maintenance of our health. We must bear in mind that food we eat must be loaded with nutrients that aid in the growth, development and maintaining bodily functions. Quantity and quality too plays an important role, too much food can make us obese and too little food can leave us undernourished.

 

It is known fact that the minimal energy demand is determined by the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). The basal metabolic rate is higher all along daylight hours. The factors affecting our BMR are: age, sex, body and environmental temperatures, quantity and quality of food, activity level, oxygen availability, time of the day and hormonal balance. Since we have a good BMR during the day hours it is wise to take good quality and quantity of food, while limiting the high calorie food once the sun dips down!

 

Thyroid hormones regulate the cellular metabolism thus affecting the BMR, in case of hyperthyroidism the metabolism is boosted up, while in case of hypothyroidism the metabolism drops and more likely to gain weight as most of the food we hog is converted into fat and deposited instead of being utilized for our energy demands of the body!

 

So maintain the good quality and quantity, time and good physical activity!! Take Care!!

-Koya Satyasri