Metabolism is the process developing energy from the consumed food. Metabolism is the rate at which your body uses energy, or, burns calories. Your resting metabolism measures the number of calories required to keep your body functioning. Even while we sleep our metabolism is working. Your body is using up energy to keep running to make your heart beat, your kidneys function, and so on. To get a general idea of what your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) , multiply your weight by 10. If you weight 150 pounds then your BMR = 150 x 10 kcal/lb = 1,500 kcals (kcals stands for the number calorie burned).

1. Extreme fasting
2. Excessive dieting
3. Physical ailment
4. Lack of physical exercise
5. Skipping meals
6. Poor sleeping habits
7. Too much gap between meals
8. Eating too many foods that are loaded with sugar 
9. Hypothyroidism may be also a cause of slow metabolism. This happens when the thyroid gland produces too little of the hormone thyroxine. This may be result in weight gain, slow body processing including a slow heart rate and fatigue.

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We always studied in our chemistry book that Two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen makes H20, the element better known as water. As it is available easily everywhere we take it for granted ignoring its importance and huge benefits.Water has been used since ancient times as a symbol by which to express devotion and purity.

Some cultures, like the ancient Greeks, went as far as to worship gods who were thought to live in and command the waters. Do you know water makes up more than two thirds of the weight of the human body, and without it, humans would die in a few days. The human brain is made up of 95% water, blood is 82% and lungs 90%. A sheer 2% drop in our body's water supply can trigger signs of dehydration: fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on smaller print, such as a computer screen. The body cannot work without it, just as a car cannot run without gas and oil.

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