I've often wondered if the activity of the red ray is interrelated to metabolism. Unfortunately, I have no data points other than myself - I tend to have a somewhat under-active red ray, and a somewhat slow metabolism, relatively speaking. Though my metabolism does speed up with exercise, it remains somewhat relatively lower than others who do the same exercise. I typically go months without doing exercise when I'm around the weight I want to be at, and then when I've slowly inched to maybe 10 pounds over I usually start running 4-5 times a week, 1-2 miles a run, for 3 months, and that resolves things. I should definitely get back into a routine of always exercising, but in the past my busy and time-consuming job I used as an excuse. I'm currently running 8 minute miles 4-5 times a week so it would be nice to continue this for rest of my life as it feels great to be fit and toned!
And of course throw in the factor that sometimes people have different relationships to stress related eating (some eat more under stress, some eat less - I eat more under stress generally, though I am not hungry while stressed), and I find its hard to determine if there are any correlations.
And of course throw in the factor that sometimes people have different relationships to stress related eating (some eat more under stress, some eat less - I eat more under stress generally, though I am not hungry while stressed), and I find its hard to determine if there are any correlations.