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What can raise the Basal metabolic rate?

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Since muscle burns about 8 times more calories than fat, having more lean tissue, or muscle, can increase the basal metabolic rate.
Another way of increasing your metabolic rate is by doing frequent exercise. As the body is going through the motions of exercise, the metabolic rate increases to supply energy to muscles through catabolism of sugars.

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