Terms like “fast” and “slow” metabolism are carelessly thrown around in weight loss and fitness communities. You can categorize yourself as someone who is either able to eat a an excessive amount of food without gaining weight, or easily pack on a pound by consuming just one extra french fry. This terminology can become a cruel way to compare bodies and shame eating habits, and even at an age well past our adolescent anxieties, people still find blame, or pride, in whatever speed they determine their metabolic rate to be. But despite speaking about metabolism so easily, we rarely think about it in the right way. Tune in to find out what it really means.

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