| I'm getting hung up in your terminology. As best I understand it "catabolic" implies a specific process/mechanism. If all you really mean is that tummo can result in decreased metabolism, or reduced metabolic rate, then I can look at your question differently.
For example, there are specific breathing patterns which temporarily raise metabolism, blood pressure, pulse and temperature. Fighters sometimes use them to "throttle up" right before their round begins. And there are breathing patterns to take you back down again, to recover a normal heartrate and pressure between rounds. |