We’re told metabolism is a machine; an engine to be revved or a dial to be turned. But those are marketing buzzwords, not biological truths. In reality, metabolism is a quiet and constant rhythm. It’s the process by which our cells transform nutrients into the energy we need to move, think, and breathe. For too long, we have viewed food through the cold lens of a calculator, obsessing over ‘calories in and calories out’, as if we were furnaces burning fuel. But the body is m
