Thinking too hard causes people to eat too much

CTV ^ | Thu. Sep. 4 2008 5:44 PM ET | CTV.ca News Staff

[Grig]

Thinking too much can make you eat more. Researchers at Universite Laval say intellectual work raises peoples' calorie intake and could be a reason for obesity.

A group of 14 students were invited to eat as much as they wanted at a buffet, after taking part in three different tasks:

* Sitting down and relaxing * Reading and summarizing a text * Finishing memory and attention tests on a computer

All the tasks turned out to be low energy -- students only needed three more calories to do the mental work than to rest. However, they spontaneously ate 203 more calories after summarizing the text and 253 more calories after the computer tests.

Blood samples taken before, during, and after the sessions also showed...

[Grig]

From now on, that is my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

[Psycho_Bunny]

I’m thin because I’m stupid.

[Grizzled Bear]

Get over here!

[rightwingcrazy]

Does eating a lot make you smarter?

[freespirited]

I’m doomed.

[utherdoul]

It’s probably not quite as far from the truth as people might be inclined to think. When I think too much I stew, when I stew I get tense and when I’m tense I eat. If I was a smoker I’d probably smoke rather than eat or I might do both.

[ETL]

"Thinking too hard causes people to eat too much"

Correction: Thinking too hard [about food] causes people to eat too much

[DB]

Gee, that must be my excuse...

[MARTIAL MONK]

Who is that skinny little guy that the Democrats nominated?

[GOP_Raider]

So what’s Michael Moore’s excuse?

[Ros42]

Correction: Thinking too hard [about food] causes people to eat too much

Enter Michael Moore...

[Global2010]

No thyroid gland and I think to much.

Hey Doc stop harping on me now!

[Question Liberal Authority]

I read the whole article and then gained 47 pounds.

[Fzob]

Hummm, this could explain why those Hollywierdo’s obsessed with being thin are so stupid.

[Revolting cat!]

Fat chance, dude!

[ETL]

Enter Michael Moore...

Michael Moore (quote), from his website, April 14, 2004...

"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?"
[actual quote from Michael Moore (2004). It still appears on his website]
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-04-14

[HelloooClareece]

I love it!!!

[21twelve]

I was thinking Al Gore. But its the dumb ones that have to think so hard.

“How come global warming is making the Earth cooler?” has got poor Al up at night.

[Old Sarge]

Must Be A Frickin' Genius...

[Ros42]

Yeah, he’s brillant isn’t he?? lol Btw, great profile page!

[Ros42]

ROFL!

[ETL]

That’s perfect! LOL!

[OCC]

"These fluctuations may be caused by the stress of intellectual work, or also reflect a biological adaptation during glucose combustion," Jean-Philippe Chaput, lead author of the study said.

Ok, I just lost 2 pounds after reading that... is I stupid?

[webrover]

Let me have about me men who are fat; sleek headed men who sleep at night. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much

[derllak]

Of course, this study doesn’t include people who can think on their feet. :P

[ETL]

They don't call him Michael More-on for nuthin!

And thank you. I appreciate that.

[ETL]

Is there someone hiding under her dress? What is that stuff?

[webrover]

Who ya gonna believe? Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar or “news staff”?

[GOP Poet]

This has always been true of me in my life! I have had a lot of jobs and roles in my life and I noticed the same thing.

[varyouga]

The brain probably uses essential nutrients that we have not yet identified. High activity in the brain and depletion of these nutrients should result in a craving for food.

This craving happens with all identified nutrients. Calories are not the body’s only requirement. Eating fresh, vitamin rich food allowed me to not feel hungry and lose 80lbs in 6 months.

[eclecticEel]

Does eating a lot make you smarter?

No, but it does keep you awake through long nights hunched over a textbook or monkeying around in the lab.

[varyouga]

Thinking too much, as definitely seen in Mr Moore’s case, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re thinking right.

[apt4truth]

Funny. When I think a lot I forget to eat. I forget to do anything but what I am thinking about. Mental work and focus doesn’t make you hungrier, it makes you forget about hunger. This study is very flawed.

[ETL]

Thinking too much, as definitely seen in Mr Moore’s case, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re thinking right.

That's the point I was making. That if you think too much about food, you have little, if anything, left over for thinking about anything else.

[varyouga]

Well, I meant too much thinking caused by “Bush Derangement Syndrome”

He’s showing HUGE symptoms of the disease.

[Slings and Arrows]

I always knew I was a genius.

[Daffynition]

This is important. This means something.