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How to Increase Resting Metabolic Rate for Lasting Weight Loss

Jun 21, 2026 | Detox & Wellness

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How to Increase Resting Metabolic Rate for the Long Term

Exercise is well known for giving your metabolism a temporary boost, but if you want to increase your Resting Metabolic Rate sustainably, a more comprehensive approach is needed. True, lasting results come from a combined commitment to raising both your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) through consistent lifestyle changes — and the process is more straightforward than it might sound.

What is Resting Metabolic Rate? Often abbreviated to RMR, your Resting Metabolic Rate is the number of calories your body burns at rest to keep essential functions running — including breathing, circulating blood, and maintaining basic brain activity. Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is closely related, representing the total calories burned while your body is completely at rest. Together, these two measures form the foundation of your daily energy expenditure.

Diet plays a central role if you are looking to increase your Resting Metabolic Rate for weight loss. Start by building a nutritious routine: eat a balanced breakfast each morning, and choose wholesome snacks such as fresh fruit, raw vegetables, and unsalted nuts throughout the day. Prioritise protein-rich and plant-based foods, which tend to be lower in calories and fat while supporting muscle maintenance. Mindful calorie management is also key — not restriction for its own sake, but a genuine awareness of what you are consuming.

Hydration matters more than many people realise. Aim to drink plenty of water daily to support metabolic function. If you enjoy coffee, try drinking it black to avoid the hidden calories in added sugar and milk. Consider swapping regular tea for green tea — research suggests it may support metabolic rate by around 4% over a 24-hour period. Gradually reducing and ultimately eliminating sugary drinks from your diet can also make a meaningful difference over time.

Exercise is another powerful tool to help increase your Resting Metabolic Rate. When building or refreshing your fitness routine, focus first on simply moving more each day — even 30 minutes of moderate activity can have a positive cumulative effect. Incorporate aerobic exercise to support cardiovascular health, and consider adding resistance or weight training to build lean muscle mass. Muscle tissue burns more calories at rest than fat tissue, meaning that increasing your muscle mass is one of the most effective ways to raise your RMR over the long term.

If you are truly committed to increasing your Resting Metabolic Rate, losing weight, and transitioning into a healthier lifestyle for good, a structured detox programme could be an ideal starting point. At Santosa Detox & Wellness Center, we offer a wide range of detox programmes designed to reset your body from the inside out — all complemented by engaging, professionally guided activity classes that are designed to give your Resting Metabolic Rate a meaningful and lasting boost.

If you are ready to make a real change, simply fill out the enquiry form below and a member of our team will be in touch. Santosa Detox & Wellness Center is nestled in the lush tropical surroundings of Phuket, Thailand — a truly inspiring setting in which to embark on your health and wellness journey. Whether your goal is weight loss, improved vitality, or a complete lifestyle reset, we are here to support you every step of the way.

We look forward to welcoming you to Santosa Detox & Wellness Center and helping you increase your Resting Metabolic Rate in one of the world’s most beautiful destinations.

9 day raw fast – best gift to your hubby

Sep 9, 2018 | Guest's Story

“I surprised my husband with a 9 day Raw Detox at Santosa Detox & Wellness Centre right before our 5 week European holiday in July 2018.

From the very first day of our arrival we settled right in to the experience of detox and exercise. It was also a quiet period so there were not many guests which meant that we were pretty ‘spoiled’ by the wonderful staff. Each day we would wake up at 7am and head to the morning yoga, which was a wonderful way to start the day. Not too strenuous.Then we would have our green shot and head over to the morning meeting to explain the plan for the day ahead. We sipped on the concoction we had to take prior to our first colonic of the day and then would go to have the colonic which became a daily ritual (twice) we actually looked forward to.
Knowing that it was getting rid of toxins and waste in the body. The room was private and clean and there was a TV to watch informative shows.

After this there could be another exercise, like yoga, pilates, zumba, HIIT, acro yoga. Then the relaxing part of the day which we always looked forward to, a wonderful massage and then our Raw lunch. After this we might have half an hour to run down to the pool and swim and sunbathe before the next colonic. Then there would be another form of exercise or meditation for an hour. Time now for hot sauna and cold plunge pool.

Then, yay….. dinner! We did every single activity that was planned and virtually ran to every one. There was no time to sit and relax (except the half hour at the pool). We went back to our 2 bedroom apartment and there we would relax with TV or just simply get a good nights sleep and start all over again the next day.

We were loving it and my husband was feeling particularly good and energised and loving the fact that he was losing weight daily. By the end of the 9 days he had lost nearly 6 kgs and a great deal of visceral fat. I had lost just 1 kg (but had less to lose) but my body age that started at 36 (I am 60 yrs old) came down to 35 !

We went to Europe and met up with our friends and they all said how well we both looked. My husband still talks about Santosa daily and wants to return, which we will.

The staff were awesome, particularly Maria, Paula, Olivia and Leila. They are so knowledgeable and caring. The owner is lucky to have these girls and the other wonderful staff particularly when she returns home and leaves them to run the business. We could not fault anything. OK the accommodation is quite basic but it is clean and serviced every day.

We would highly recommend Santosa to anyone looking at changing up their lives and doing a detox who is serious. We look forward to returning in the not too distant future. “

June & Marty

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Full Fast Program

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Full fast is a full cleanse program specially designed to enable maximum results. You will have no food / no juice but only drink water with cleanses drinks and nutrition supplements. Participants of this program will be subjected to the most powerful, yet natural, body detoxification processes. This program is suitable for those who have detoxification experience and are determined to go deeper for cleanse. A thorough pre-cleanse is also important for the full fast.

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Juice Fast Program

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Juice fast is a cleanse program to nourish and detoxify the body by drinking fresh fruits and vegetable juice. The key is to hydrate and nourish your cells with the correct vitamins, enzymes, minerals and antioxidants. Guests participating in the Juice Fast Program have higher energy levels allowing them to take advantage of the various activities available at Santosa Detox & Wellness Center.

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Raw Fast Program

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Raw food fast brings together nutritional science and holistic therapies. This program is recommended for guests looking for a long lasting and sustainable post program experience. With a balanced and nutritionally delicious set raw food menu in addition to the regular fasting supplements and a complete program of daily therapies, including regular cleansing sessions, this program is designed to optimize the detoxification process in every way. A raw food diet has shown to increase energy levels, which is great for taking part in many of Santosa’s activities.

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Meet the Future of Cancer Research

May 14, 2018 | Detox & Wellness

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Eva Vertes – Meet the Future of Cancer Research

At 19 years old, Eva Vertes gave her first TED talk. She is an American Alzheimer’s and cancer researcher. Eva is also a known medical prodigy due to her vast medical knowledge and interest in the field.

While participating in her first TED talk, she spoke about her experiences in the medical field and what sparked her interest at a young age to pursue medical research full time. It was during a family trip to the Grand Canyon that Eva picked up a book called “The Hot Zone” that explained the outbreak of the Ebola Virus. It was the first time she was captivated by reading, as prior to this, books were not something that interested her. She fell in love with the book, and from that day forward knew she wanted to pursue a career in the medical field. Since then, it has been her passion.

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After that trip to the Grand Canyon, she read every medical book that she could get her hands on. In high school, after sending many emails out, she was accepted to work in the lab of Dr. Jacob. It was in his lab that she studied the effects of heavy metals on the developing nervous system. She tested on fruit flies and found that heavy metals do in fact really impair the nervous system. From there, Eva no longer wanted to look at impairment, but the prevention of impairment. She became fascinated with Alzheimer’s disease, and started reading and researching Alzheimer’s to which extent would lead her on a life long research project.
“I was reading in the medical library one day, and I read this article about something called “purine derivatives.” And they seemed to have cell growth-promoting properties. And being naive about the whole field, I kind of thought, “Oh, you have cell death in Alzheimer’s which is causing the memory deficit, and then you have this compound — purine derivatives — that are promoting cell growth.” And so I thought, “Maybe if it can promote cell growth, it can inhibit cell death, too.” And so that’s the project that I pursued for that year, and it’s continuing now as well, and found that a specific purine derivative called “guanidine” had inhibited the cell growth by approximately 60 percent.”

Eva presented her findings at the International Science Fair at which she was awarded “Best in the World Medicine,” which allowed her an opening into the medical world. Now that she had been integrated into his world, she wanted to explore it all. During her studies in the medical field, she came across something called cancer stem cells.

She found that it seemed that tumors actually begin from a stem cell. She came to the conclusion that cancer seems to be a direct result to injury. When the body needs to repair an organ then it’s initiating cancer, it’s almost as if this is a repair response. Even though the body has initiated this ingenious response, it doesn’t necessarily have the means to control it. It hasn’t yet become fine-tuned enough to finish what has been initiated. Cancer, to Eva, is a cycle. We try to kill it with radiation and toxins trying to poison the cancer, but all this does is reveal the damage the body had previously tried to fix. Eva suggested that we should think about manipulation, rather than elimination. If somehow we can cause these cells to differentiate, to become bone tissue, lung tissue, liver tissue, whatever that cancer has been put there to do, it would be a repair process. The body would end up better than it was even before cancer.

It struck Eva that she’d never heard of any cancer in skeletal muscle in all of her reading and research she had done in the medical field. Eva asked why, the first thing she did was emailed some professors who specialized in skeletal muscle physiology, and pretty much said, “Hey, it seems like cancer doesn’t really go to skeletal muscle. Is there a reason for this?”

Eva got her answers and came up with some hypotheses that she would be starting to investigate that May at the Sylvester Cancer Institute in Miami.

Watch Eva’s spectacular TED talk, Meet the Future of Cancer Research, to learn more about Eva’s research and the conclusions that she came to regarding Alzheimer’s and cancer research.

https://www.ted.com/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine#t-1112955