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The brain

haydar · 2011-02-02 20:06:52

if your brain uses 20% of your bodies energy, can you burn calories just by thinking? Or is that as stupid as it sounds?

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02-02-2011 9:06pm

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haydar

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if your brain uses 20% of your bodies energy, can you burn calories just by thinking? Or is that as stupid as it sounds?

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#2 02-02-2011 10:05pm
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While i tend to be pretty knackered coming out of exams, i dont know if thats an energy drain on the brain. Certainly wouldnt be enough of a calorie burner to rival the weight watchers or anything

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#3 03-02-2011 12:23am
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That's probably 20% when you're sitting on your ass. During exercise probably much much lower than that. I doubt you can "up" this calorie spend anyway, and it's already included in your resting energy expenditure.

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