The Middle Age Spread is a Myth
October 14, 2021
Is the so called (an accepted) Middle Age Spread actually a thing?
You’ve likely heard the commonly used excuse for gaining weight in our thirties, forties, and beyond. The phenomenon known as the middle age spread.
The idea that when we hit middle age our metabolism slows down, resulting in weight gain.
Yes, this is correct the main excuse behind the middle age spread is the so called slowing of our metabolism.
Gaining weight in middle age has become some what accepted and expected, and nearly exclusively blamed on our metabolism changing.
We’ve all heard at some point, a man or woman aged between 30-60 , who has put on some extra weight say something like, “I cannot eat like I used too, when I was in my 20’s I could eat anything without putting any weight on. These days though. all I have to do is look at food and I put on weight.” This statement is blaming our metabolism, as I said it has become the go to excuse for middle age weight gain.
Is this true though? Is our metabolism to blame? Is a slowing metabolism the cause of middle age weight gain?
A newly released study spanning four decades and involving nearly 6500 participants from age 9 to 95 changes what we believe to be true with human metabolism. The results debunk the notion that once we hit our thirties our metabolism goes to shit.
In fact the meta-analysis research indicates that our metabolism remains consistent all the way until our 60’s. There is no significant difference between your metabolism at age 20 compared to age 30, 40 or 50.
John Speakman (PhD of University of Aberdeen), one of the study’s coauthors stated
“Perhaps the most unexpected feature was the constancy of metabolic rate in both males and females between the ages of 20 and 60.”
If this is all true, why is middle aged spread such a common and accepted thing?
It is a pretty simple answer really, middle age spread is the result of you eating more and moving less. Feeding your face and being lazy. The blame shouldn’t lay with your metabolism, the blame is squarely on your habits…habits around how you eat and move. If you are experiencing the middle age spread, stop and really consider what you did in your teenage years and early twenties in regards to movement and eating (drinking). It will probably be a vast contrast of what you are doing now.
Your answer to stop the middle age spread. Eat Less and Move more, and stop blaming anything but your poor choices for your weight gain.
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The Middle Age Spread is a Myth
October 14, 2021
Is the so called (an accepted) Middle Age Spread actually a thing?
You’ve likely heard the commonly used excuse for gaining weight in our thirties, forties, and beyond. The phenomenon known as the middle age spread.
The idea that when we hit middle age our metabolism slows down, resulting in weight gain.
Yes, this is correct the main excuse behind the middle age spread is the so called slowing of our metabolism.
Gaining weight in middle age has become some what accepted and expected, and nearly exclusively blamed on our metabolism changing.
We’ve all heard at some point, a man or woman aged between 30-60 , who has put on some extra weight say something like, “I cannot eat like I used too, when I was in my 20’s I could eat anything without putting any weight on. These days though. all I have to do is look at food and I put on weight.” This statement is blaming our metabolism, as I said it has become the go to excuse for middle age weight gain.
Is this true though? Is our metabolism to blame? Is a slowing metabolism the cause of middle age weight gain?
A newly released study spanning four decades and involving nearly 6500 participants from age 9 to 95 changes what we believe to be true with human metabolism. The results debunk the notion that once we hit our thirties our metabolism goes to shit.
In fact the meta-analysis research indicates that our metabolism remains consistent all the way until our 60’s. There is no significant difference between your metabolism at age 20 compared to age 30, 40 or 50.
John Speakman (PhD of University of Aberdeen), one of the study’s coauthors stated
“Perhaps the most unexpected feature was the constancy of metabolic rate in both males and females between the ages of 20 and 60.”
If this is all true, why is middle aged spread such a common and accepted thing?
It is a pretty simple answer really, middle age spread is the result of you eating more and moving less. Feeding your face and being lazy. The blame shouldn’t lay with your metabolism, the blame is squarely on your habits…habits around how you eat and move. If you are experiencing the middle age spread, stop and really consider what you did in your teenage years and early twenties in regards to movement and eating (drinking). It will probably be a vast contrast of what you are doing now.
Your answer to stop the middle age spread. Eat Less and Move more, and stop blaming anything but your poor choices for your weight gain.
