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Most of the calories consumed through food are burned through your Basic Metabolic Rate. This is the energy required by your body to simply stay alive, and accounts for between 50% and 80% of the bodies total energy expenditure.
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The food we eat is broken down in our digestive tract but where are most of the calories in your food actually burned?
The muscle cells burn the most calories during active movement. On average, the body's normal functions will be the primary source of energy consumption. (~60% of a persons daily caloric intake is burned in this way.)
What is often used to measure the energy value food?
by burning it, and measuring the calories burned.
How many calories are burned while making out?
It entirely depends on your work-out intensity. Swimming and ruining burned the most calories.
In one day the majority of calories that you burn comes from?
Most calories a burned off by sweating
Best activity to burn calories?
Running is the winner for most calories burned per hour.
How is the measurement of calories in food determined?
Food is burned to see how much energy is given off. The food is places in a sealed container and burned to measure the rise in water temperature. The amount of energy given off is the amount of calories in the food.
How many calories are burned running 12 laps around a high school track?
The actual number of calories burned vary depending on the speed of the run and the weight of the runner. While the number of burned calories can vary, an average number of calories burned are 200.
How many calories burn in dips?
I've read numerous articles on this and the number 3 for calories burned seems to be the most common answer
What are the top foods that become fat?
For the same number of calories, any food is essentially just as likely to become fat if not burned. If you consume more calories than you burn, the food will be stored as fat.
If an elliptical machine said you burned 150 Kcal how many food calories is this?
150 Calories. a Kcal is equal to a Calorie. The capitalization of the "C" in calorie indicates that it is referring to a FOOD Calorie. typically a FOOD calorie is made up of 1000 "small c" calories. so you burned off 150. The calorie is a measure of heat but we know it as a measure of energy really. you say your tired so you need more calories when really the calories are just because of the stored "heat".CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL
Does this treadmill offer a pulse checker and calories burned clock?
Yes, this Ironman Acclaim Treadmill does display the number of calories you have burned.
What is the relationship of calorie consumption and calories burned?
The relationship of calorie consumption and calories burned is the following (kind of in depth): The calories you eat are obviously the calories you consume, right? Right. The calories you burn are, well, the calories you burn. If you consume 1,000 calories, but your body burns (oh say, 2,000 calories for sake of arguement) then you will easily not be affected weight-wise by the food. However, if you consume (eat) 5,000 calories, then you're going to put on a few pounds. 3,500 calories = a pound.
