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Yes, a fever will increase metabolic requirements. The human body's metabolism speeds up when someone gets sick, in order to help fight off the illness.
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What does not decrease the metabolic rate?
fever
Does fever decrease the metabolic rate of the body to conserve energy?
It decrease the metabolic rate. This is because Metabolic actually produce heat, if you are in fever state, the body will slow down rate of metabolic as less heat will be produced.
Does smoking marijuana enhance fever?
Smoking marijuana can increase your metabolic rate, which will make you feel hotter than usual.
Why is there a fever following an infarction?
An infarction is tissue death, normally due to lack of oxygen. Fever would follow as the body tried to remove the dead tissue and rapidly replace it.An infection is an invasion of the body by bacteria, and the fever is the body trying to increase its metabolic response to the disease organisms, mainly by increasing production of immune system cells.
What are the metabolic requirements for an organism's survival?
food ,water,air, soil ,
Can fever increase cardiac output?
Yes, fever can increase cardiac output. Fever indicates infection so blood will flow more in order to get WBCs to the affected area.
Can I use the metabolic diet to increase my metabolic rate?
While the metabolic diet can help with weight loss, it has not been proven to increase your metabolism. The only thing that has been proven to increase metabolism is exercise, particularly weight lifting. Start lifting those weights and you'll be burning calories like a nuclear reactor.
What glands produce hormones that increase metabolic activity and increase blood level of glucose?
the adrenal glands
A state of sleep chracterized by low metabolic requirements in response to cold is called?
hibernation
What does exercise increase?
anti obesity The calorie-burning is referred to as the metabolic rate.
Are enzyme inhibitors likely to increase the production of product in a metabolic athway?
No, they decrease it
Olympic-caliber athletes may be able to increase their metabolic rate by?
1000%
