sundray to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSleep is good for the body though...imagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down115file-text
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minus-squareThe Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 months agoAbsolutely. You know what you do in your sleep? Rest, rebuild muscle, and not eat.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-25 months agoThe vast majority of calories being used by our bodies is spent just existing. Big ape brains use a lot of em. More sleep, less eating, shed them calories. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-human-metabolism-research-upends-conventional-wisdom-about-how-we-burn-calories/
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYou also exhale CO2, which is the primary way we lose weight. Burned fat mostly comes out as water and CO2.
Absolutely. You know what you do in your sleep? Rest, rebuild muscle, and not eat.
The vast majority of calories being used by our bodies is spent just existing. Big ape brains use a lot of em.
More sleep, less eating, shed them calories.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-human-metabolism-research-upends-conventional-wisdom-about-how-we-burn-calories/
You also exhale CO2, which is the primary way we lose weight. Burned fat mostly comes out as water and CO2.