How to Use metabolism in a Sentence
metabolism
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Do high-in-carbs foods prime your metabolism to pack on the pounds?
—Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
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The organelles are key to a cell’s growth and metabolism.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
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Sleeping with too much light in the room can throw off the body's metabolism.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
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Keisha Miller said her son is both a picky eater and has a fast metabolism.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2021
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Because of the metabolism change, a Hulk can drink all night and not get drunk.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
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Statins like Crestor are processed by the liver, so a slower metabolism may lead to a buildup of the drug in the body.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 July 2022
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The hope is that this can instill a faster metabolism across VF's brands.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2020
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One concern, Weiss said, is that the liver is involved in the metabolism of many of the treatments as well as of cannabis.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2021
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Part of the weight gain is due to aging and the slowing of metabolism and loss of muscle mass that comes with aging.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Your metabolism is such a small part of the equation of: calories in, calories out.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2022
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The drug is meant to lower levels of a hormone called IGF-1, which is involved in growth and metabolism and has been linked to dog size.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
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The new method may offer a more direct route to metabolism.
—Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 8 Oct. 2019
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But water temperatures in the 30s and low 40s leave metabolism rates low and fish nibbling at the ends of worms and crawlers.
—Will Ryan, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
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To hold him off, Petit-Frere needed a way to beat his own metabolism.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2020
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They are believed to suppress the blood supply and metabolism of the tumor cells.
—Elizabeth Landau, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
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This may also help speed up the metabolism and balance body weight.
—Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 4 May 2024
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Seeds in such states take up water, which revs up their metabolism.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
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But what about eating breakfast and then small meals throughout the day to keep the body’s metabolism running?
—Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
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Be sure to properly warm up and cool down to prevent rapid changes in your body’s metabolism.
—Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2020
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Stress and fear create a spike in hormones that slow your metabolism.
—Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 14 May 2021
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Several of those genes play a role in lipid metabolism too.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
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This hormone plays a key role in cell repair and metabolism.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2024
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The metabolism slows, which is why some people can eat very little and hardly lose any weight.
—Kate Siber, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
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The hours spent fasting change the body's metabolism in multiple ways, so that excess weight is lost over time.
—cleveland.com, 2 Sep. 2019
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Biotin is integral to a dog's health and aids cell growth and metabolism.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
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Any too-good-to-be-true claims (like freezing away fat and transforming metabolism) are just that.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
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If they’re born that way and that’s what their metabolism is, wonderful.
—New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
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It is emitted by phytoplankton in the Earth's oceans as part of their metabolism process.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024
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That shift slows metabolism and changes body composition, which, Salas-Whalen stressed, is more important than weight alone.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 14 June 2025
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According to the researchers, caffeine passed from mother to baby—either during pregnancy or through breast milk—may offer early protection that fades as the baby's metabolism speeds up.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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