Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Your Path to Better Health

31 Aug 2024 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video ('Your Path to Better Health' by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter) explaining how recent digestion and prior exercise affect resting metabolism and giving preparatory guidance for accurate metabolic testing: avoid intense workouts the day before, and aim for a 4–6 hour fast (overnight fasting not required).

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Four to six hours (overnight fasting not required).

Do not perform a really intense workout the day before the test.

Because when we're digesting food, that's going to make a difference in our metabolism. So there are some things a person needs to do before they take the test. For example, you don't want to have done a really intense workout the day before because that's going to change your resting metabolism. And also we do this test, fasting doesn't have to be overnight fasting, but at four to six hours is ideal because when we're digesting food, that's going to make a difference in our metabolism.