You have made the wonderful decision to attend College. Awesome! Keep up the hard work. You are taking the steps to ensure that you will have a successful future. While you are working hard on building your mental and intellectual strength, what about the rest of you? Is that college helping you get fatter?
Is that College helping you get fatter? While you are hard at work improving your future, what about the rest of you... your body?
College: Only 3 more calories an hour are burned during thinking sessions.
Recently, a group of researchers took 14 college students and separated them into three groups to study how thinking affects caloric intake. One group was relaxing, one reading or summarizing text and the third was completing a series of memory, attention, and vigilance tests on the computer in a They determined beforehand that the thinking sessions consumed only three calories more than resting. After the 45 minute session, each group was invited to eat as much as they wanted. More than likely you are studying longer at your college!
Colleges: Thinking changes the glucose levels in your body.
Although the study only included 14 students, the results were bleak. The students that had been working on the computer consumed almost 30% more calories (253 calories) than the resting students, and the students that summarized text consumed 203 more calories. Blood samples taken before, during, and after revealed that intellectual work causes much bigger fluctuations in glucose levels than rest periods, perhaps owing to the stress of thinking. The researchers think that the body reacts to these fluctuations by demanding food to restore glucose, a sugar that is the brain's fuel. Glucose is converted by the body from carbohydrates and is supplied to the brain via the bloodstream. The brain cannot make glucose and so needs a constant supply. Brain cells need twice as much energy as other cells in the body.
College: How can I counteract the calories gained when I study?
Exercise! Work with a personal trainer - it's the best way to ensure that you keep that body you started college with. A personal trainer can should you how best to keep in shape and teach you how to eat properly (moderation). Without exercise to balance the added intake, over eating without exercising is not smart. Various studies in animals have shown that consuming fewer calories overall leads to sharper brains and longer life, and most researchers agree that the findings apply, in general, to humans. Visit the best trainer, today!
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