Your chronological age is only one way of measuring how old you here.
Here, a physician answers: What is metabolic age?
What is metabolic age?
In other words, your metabolic age can serve as an indicator of your physical health.
But first: What is metabolic age, and how is it calculated?
Unlike chronological age, metabolic age is not as easy to measure.
Alexandra Sowa, MD, is a dual-board-certified physician specializing in internal and obesity medicine and founder of SoWell Health.
Heres where it gets tricky: Your BMR in and of itself is also difficult to calculate.
Still, these scales are often inaccurate.
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Furthermore, she adds, only 12 percent of adult Americans meet all five metabolic health metrics.
So most people out there will actually have some element of metabolic dysfunction.
it’s possible for you to do this by consuming a whole food-focused diet.
Our traditional Western diet is full of processed food and refined sugars, Dr. Sowa says.
These sorts of foods really add to an overall level of inflammation through elevated and unregulated glucose levels.
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Alexandra Sowa, MD, is a dual-board-certified physician specializing in internal and obesity medicine and founder of SoWell Health.
