Metabolic rates in men tend to be higher than in women, due to the greater presence of testosterone in their bodies. While this may give men a head start toward weight loss, metabolic rates are still easily influenced by your lifestyle and diet, and can speed up or slow down accordingly. As a male, by making changes to what you eat, how you eat and your activity levels, you can yield changes in your metabolism that improve your body's efficiency at processing foods and the nutrients within.
Exercise
Working out stimulates your body's metabolism by requiring a deficit for energy and nutrients that needs to be filled. Additionally, exercise can also build muscle mass, and muscle mass can increase your metabolic rate, according to AskMen.com. Exercise at least three to four times a week for periods of at least 30 minutes a day. Try to maintain your muscle mass levels, if not improve them--decreases to your muscle mass can subsequently lower your metabolic rate.
Improve Eating Habits
Eat a breakfast every morning, and try to break your three large meals of the day into six smaller courses. This doesn't mean you should increase your total food consumption for the day, since that will only increase your total calories consumed, but instead spread out your eating. Each time you eat, you stimulate your metabolism and improve your metabolic rate. Consequently, going long stretches without food can hamper your metabolism and slow it down. Fill in periods between meals with snacks, and don't suffer through stomach pangs--even if you are just about to go to bed.
Fill Your Diet With Metabolism Boosters
Some foods are much more effective at jump-starting the metabolism than others. These foods can be incorporated throughout your day to help improve your metabolism. Good breakfast options include grapefruit, oatmeal, green tea, coffee, almonds and cinnamon. Grapefruit, according to EcoSalon, is one of the best foods you can consume--it lowers your body's insulin levels, which lowers your body's processing of calories into fats. Grapefruit is also rich in vitamins and minerals, including fiber. Other effective foods for boosting your metabolism include apples, turkey, green beans, broccoli, jalapenos, spinach and curry.
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