Metabolic testing
Metabolic Rate Testing in NYC
A 15-minute breath test that measures what your body actually burns at rest. Every nutrition and fitness plan we write starts from this number.
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What it measures
What the test measures
Your resting metabolic rate is the number of calories your body spends just staying alive, before you have walked anywhere or done anything anyone would call exercise. It is the baseline every calorie target should be built on.
Most calorie targets come from an equation that averages people who share your sex, age, height and weight. The equation has never met your thyroid, your muscle mass, or your medication list. Mifflin-St Jeor is the most accurate formula there is, and it is still fairly likely to get you wrong. Measuring is the only way to know your true number.
Weight that moves to the middle in your 40s and 50s is one of the most common reasons people book this test. If that is your situation, the MRT is the first step of our perimenopause and menopause plan, where the result sets your calorie targets for the year.
A formula gives you an estimate, but a real test gives you a real baseline.
Your appointment
What happens at your appointment
Settle in
You sit still and relax. No treadmill, and nothing to prepare beyond arriving rested.
Breathe
You breathe into a mouthpiece while the analyzer reads your oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Your results
A provider reviews your measured resting metabolic rate and what it means for your calorie targets.
If a plan you tried before never moved, a target set off the wrong starting number is one of the first things worth ruling out.
Before you come in
How to prepare
Skip the workout
Hold off on exercise for 12 hours before your test.
Fast first
Fast for 4 to 6 hours beforehand. Water is fine.
Cut the stimulants
No caffeine, other stimulants, or alcohol for 12 hours before.
Dress to sit still
Wear something comfortable. You will be sitting still and relaxed for the test.
What it's for
Where your number goes next
Your result becomes the starting point for the nutrition or fitness plan our team builds for you. An endocrinologist, our dietitians, and our medical fitness trainers all read the same result before writing anything.
That is what makes the plan yours instead of an average. Calorie targets get set to what your body actually burns, and training gets built around what you can actually recover from.
What it changes
- Weight
- A calorie target built on your real number, not an average.
- Training
- Trainers program around what your body actually burns.
- Nutrition
- Dietitians set intake to match your metabolism, not a formula.
- Long term
- Retesting shows if your metabolism is shifting as your body changes.
Get your number
Book your metabolic rate test
Book online and pay by card. We call you within one business day to schedule your visit at whichever location works for you.
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Where we test
- Manhattan
- 235 E 38th Street
New York, NY 10016 - Long Island City
- 36-36 33rd Street, Suite 311
Long Island City, NY 11106 - Call
- 718-704-5376