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Thinking too hard causes people to eat too much
CTV ^
| Thu. Sep. 4 2008 5:44 PM ET
| CTV.ca News Staff
Posted on 09/04/2008 8:25:19 PM PDT by 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...
(Excerpt) Read more at ctv.ca ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: health; obesity; weight
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To: Old Sarge
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:50:03 PM PDT
by
Ros42
To: Old Sarge
22
posted on
09/04/2008 8:50:08 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
To: Grig
"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?
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:50:12 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: Grig
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
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:52:15 PM PDT
by
webrover
To: Grig
Of course, this study doesn’t include people who can think on their feet. :P
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:53:15 PM PDT
by
derllak
To: Ros42
They don't call him Michael More-on for nuthin!
And thank you. I appreciate that.
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:54:04 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
To: Old Sarge
Is there someone hiding under her dress? What is that stuff?
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posted on
09/04/2008 8:59:12 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: webrover
Who ya gonna believe? Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar or “news staff”?
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:04:26 PM PDT
by
webrover
To: Grig
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:05:50 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Grig
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:14:12 PM PDT
by
varyouga
(Palin is the GOVERNOR. Scream this far and wide and expose the MSM)
To: rightwingcrazy
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:15:31 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(men who believe deeply in something, even wrong, usually triumph over men who believe in nothing)
To: ETL
Thinking too much, as definitely seen in Mr Moore’s case, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re thinking right.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:18:49 PM PDT
by
varyouga
(Palin is the GOVERNOR. Scream this far and wide and expose the MSM)
To: Grig
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.
To: varyouga
Thinking too much, as definitely seen in Mr Moores case, doesnt necessarily mean youre 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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:37:55 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
To: ETL
Well, I meant too much thinking caused by “Bush Derangement Syndrome”
He’s showing HUGE symptoms of the disease.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:48:21 PM PDT
by
varyouga
(Palin is the GOVERNOR. Scream this far and wide and expose the MSM)
To: Grizzled Bear; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
I always knew I was a genius.
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posted on
09/05/2008 12:07:16 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Slings and Arrows; Grig
This is important. This means something.
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posted on
09/05/2008 12:23:44 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ~Sarah Palin)
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