How to Use metabolic in a Sentence

metabolic

adjective

• One is the metabolic disease that had brought Colton to the brink of death.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• For Hall, metabolic changes are just one part of the puzzle.
  — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
• The thyroid is a gland located in the neck that helps control the body’s metabolic rate.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2021
• Adding more muscle will also keep your metabolic rate perky, so best to hit the gym.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
• 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
• At the species level, metabolic rate isn’t the be-all, end-all of extinction — there are a lot of factors at play.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2018
• 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
• And if the python’s meal was very large, its metabolic rate would increase not just eightfold, like the rattlesnake’s, but by a factor of 44.
  — Daniel Engber, New York Times, 17 May 2017
• 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
• Like the brain, the immune system hums along at great metabolic cost, but largely in the service of keeping us healthy in the future.
  — William Von Hippel, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
• 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 whole idea is to enter a metabolic state known as ketosis, when your body burns fat for fuel.
  — Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 16 Jan. 2019
• The best way to build muscle mass and get the biggest metabolic boost: Perform compound movements and lift heavy.
  — K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 21 Sep. 2017
• Urine is loaded with metabolic waste and will poison you.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
• 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
• At Ochsner Medical Center in Slidell, the cash price of a metabolic panel is $185.
  — Jed Lipinski, NOLA.com, 23 May 2017
• 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
• Maple sugar urine disease is a metabolic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme that breaks down the three BCAAs (isoleucine, leucine, and valine).
  — Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 26 Nov. 2024
• Fasting also triggers a metabolic switch, prompting the body to burn fat and glucose stored in adipose tissue.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
• They’ve also been linked to numerous health issues from metabolic disorders to low sperm count.
  — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025