Maybe wishful thinking but......

nicoledfinn Posts: 40 Member

August 2013 in Chit-Chat

Does mental exurscion, increased brain activity, more concentrated thinking increase BMR? Or not...

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  whierd Posts: 14,025 Member

  August 2013

  What do YOU think?

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  nicoledfinn Posts: 40 Member

  August 2013

  What do YOU think?

  
  I know I feel exhausted today, after spending 8 hours studying! But probably not, no!

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  Lonestar5775 Posts: 740 Member

  August 2013

  Exertion...........that's it for me, I'm whipped.

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  fivethreeone Posts: 8,196 Member

  August 2013

  Thinking hard does burn extra calories because of increased glucose uptake, but not enough to matter.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02qna.html?_r=0

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  Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member

  August 2013

  I'm thinking no.

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  Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member

  August 2013

  Thinking hard does burn extra calories because of increased glucose uptake, but not enough to matter.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02qna.html?_r=0

  
  ^ this ^

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  catneon Posts: 911 Member

  August 2013

  Does mental exurscion, increased brain activity, more concentrated thinking increase BMR? Or not...

  No...wait changed my mind it depends on the person....

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  ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member

  August 2013

  Nope I gained in college

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  sam308lbs Posts: 1,936 Member

  August 2013

  Nope I gained in college

  
  whats college got to do with increased brain activity ?
  
  To the Op..Chess grandmasters are mostly thin so maybe there is some truth to this

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  fivethreeone Posts: 8,196 Member

  August 2013

  Nope I gained in college

  
  
  The question is asking about BMR, not how much you ate.

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  nicoledfinn Posts: 40 Member

  August 2013

  Exertion...........that's it for me, I'm whipped.

  
  I spelt exertion wrong then! Lol. What can I say, I was mentally drained! :-)

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  nicoledfinn Posts: 40 Member

  August 2013

  Thinking hard does burn extra calories because of increased glucose uptake, but not enough to matter.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02qna.html?_r=0

  
  ^ this ^

  
  I knew it ;-)

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