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Nutritional value of body fat
A survival expert I know said if you're lost in the bush, don't bother looking for food--the average North American can survive without food for 3 months and come out in better health than when s/he went in. He said you'd increase your chances of survival by spending your time and energy looking for water and shelter and…
I don't understand...
My science mind says it takes a certain amount of energy to lift a certain amount of weight--that is, it requires a set number of calories to bench press a 90 lb barbell. Who (or what) is doing the lifting should not change that energy requirement. Neither should the kind of muscle doing the lifting, how fast it is being…