How to Use metabolic in a Sentence

metabolic

adjective
Definition of metabolicnext
  • One is the metabolic disease that had brought Colton to the brink of death.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The thyroid is a gland located in the neck that helps control the body’s metabolic rate.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2021
  • The excrement of beef and dairy cattle is therefore rich in the full range of metabolic volatiles.
    — Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But these outliers did not change the overall pattern of metabolic rates over the life span.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Along with these changes, levels of the metabolic products changed, too.
    — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Your metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns calories to keep you alive and functioning.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
  • In fact, research shows that even small amounts of light at night may be detrimental to sleep and metabolic health.
    — House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2023
  • To test the idea, his team needed a map of the metabolic reactions that occur in nature.
    — Allison Parshall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But do these drugs point toward a root cause of metabolic disease?
    — Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But, the impact of metabolic disease on the body complicates end-of-life care, with wounds as a factor.
    — Julie Roskamp, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The location of the genes in the genome could alter the chemistries of metabolic pathways in the plant to create unique natural compounds.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The hands-free at-home urine lab fits under your loo’s lid to track metabolic and reproductive health.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Eat small meals and eat more often: Avoid foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
  • Eat small meals and eat more often: Avoid foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Eat small meals and eat more often: Avoid foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean bumping up protein is a metabolic panacea.
    — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 14 June 2023
  • Gakidou said the biggest impact on health has come from a large increase in metabolic risk factors over the last decade.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020
  • In Texas in June, cotton plants alarmingly shed their bolls, the hard fruits that hold the valuable fiber, in order to survive the metabolic stress of hot nights.
    — WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • It was later learned that the man had a metabolic disorder and was then treated at the hospital.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • For fans, this feels like a metabolic shock, a disruption of the soccer world’s familiar rhythms.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • That data says that as that group ate more carbs, their bodies developed more metabolic tools to process them.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • For starters, the entire premise of the keto diet is based on a complex metabolic state known as ketosis.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 5 June 2023
  • For some people, the devices can provide warning signs of a risk of metabolic disease.
    — Anahad O’Connor New York Times, Star Tribune, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Avoid Heavy Meals Eat lighter meals that are easier to digest to prevent metabolic heat.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2024
  • When on a stair stepper, people should use the handrails sparingly to increase the metabolic impact.
    — Brittany Hammond, Health, 22 June 2023
  • Brown fat cells can change their internal metabolic pathways so as to produce heat, warming up the body.
    — Paul Manger, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The metabolic cycle uses the molecules to make parts for the replicator.
    — Michael Marshall, Science, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The researchers compared their own metabolic data to a range of other insect species, as there was no other insect with such a breadth of size.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Ketosis is a metabolic state in which fat is broken down by the liver and turned into ketones.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
  • With Veri on board, Oura will enhance its focus on metabolic health, which is a top concern for customers — 97 percent of Oura users are interested in how food consumption affects overall health.
    — Emily Burns, WWD, 11 Sep. 2024

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