How to Use metabolize in a Sentence

metabolize

verb
  • Food is metabolized by the body.
  • This gives the body enough time to digest and metabolize the CBD.
    Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • On the menu: fats like cheese and nuts that metabolize slowly and last all day.
    Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The drug is metabolized very quickly, but remains in the body for a long time, well after the high wears off.
    Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The method of consumption plays a role in how quickly the body metabolizes Delta 8 THC.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Plant roots need oxygen to metabolize and pay the oxygen back to us through their leaf function.
    oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
  • These foods take longer to break down and metabolize due to their complex starch structure.
    Barbie Cervoni Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
  • The root of the problem is a lack of vitamin D, which the body requires to metabolize calcium and build strong bones.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Milk is not advised as a drink for infants because it cannot be metabolized until around the age of one.
    CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The joy is that being able to metabolize the reality of the difficulty of the world.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The Lancet study said that when the children's blood sugar level dropped, the body would start to metabolize fatty acids to produce a boost of glucose.
    Swati Gupta, CNN, 13 June 2019
  • Still, Zellweger has become wary of projects that ask her to take on too much without the time to properly metabolize it all.
    New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019
  • With her help, his angst metabolized into a searing peek under the hood.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 6 July 2023
  • And while much of the sugar found in kombucha is metabolized in the fermentation process, some is still present when consumed.
    Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • When consumed, delta 8 is metabolized by the body and excreted through urine.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Because most of the NDMA would have been metabolized before reaching the urine, the actual amount in the body could have been much higher, the researchers wrote.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
  • When taken in pill form, researchers say that phenylephrine is metabolized by the body so well that only a small portion makes it to the bloodstream, per CNN.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Mornings are when our bodies are primed to metabolize food.
    Anahad O'Connor, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But what that also means is that the trainers and their vets will be highly educated about the ability of the equine body to metabolize the substance.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • So much of our ability to eat diverse food sources and metabolize them comes down to those bacteria.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This is because Delta 8 is metabolized by the liver and excreted through urine.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Unlike the other six essential amino acids, which are broken down in the liver, BCAAs are metabolized in the muscle.
    Donavyn Coffey, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
  • After it is eaten, it is poorly metabolized by the body and goes into the bloodstream instead.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Metabolism: The rate at which a person's body metabolizes delta 8 can vary based on factors such as age, weight, and overall health.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The limits are based mostly based on body size, and those limits increase when a child has grown large enough to be able to metabolize caffeine more readily.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • B vitamins help metabolize amino acids to combat hair loss and keep dandruff at bay.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The ice hack diet is based on the idea that people with a low inner body temperature can better metabolize fat.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Ratain had spent much of his academic career studying how people absorb and metabolize drugs; this did not make sense to him.
    Gunjan Sinha/undark, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Because of the way our internal clocks operate, our bodies are primed to digest and metabolize food early in the day.
    Anahad O'Connor, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, your body uses more calories from protein to digest and metabolize your food.
    Aviva Patz, Health, 7 Dec. 2023

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