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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But my doc says I can’t burn calories by thinking about excercise?

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  • veganpizza69@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s like the energy costs of those supercomputers used for modeling or training CNN models.

    Yes. But you’re not just a computer, so it’s good to use the rest of your body. This isn’t a cyberpunk dystopia yet.

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• henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is it true that thinking harder actually consumes more sugar?

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  • knightly@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/…/full

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  • sazey@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So apparently, a brain daydreaming or one fully immersed in a complex activity don’t exhibit that much difference in energy usage, only consuming around 100 calories extra a day for mentally challenging activities.

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  • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heck yeah it do. The brain is powered by glucose, and more brain activity will use much more of it. Jokingly, it’s how I can tell a new engineer from one that is extremely experienced: A bright young engineer is usually skinny from problem solving all day. An older one is likely stuck in more meetings where brainpower is a liability and is probably on the heavier side.

    Also, as an occasional eater of magic mushrooms, I keep packs of glucose in the house that are typically used for diabetic emergencies. Psilocybin pushes a brain into overdrive and causes my blood sugar to nosedive.

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  • IsoSpandy@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. Look at how many calories professional chess players are burning by just sitting and playing chess. You will be shocked.

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• courval@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A new conspiracy theory just spawned in my head about the push for zero sugar products everywhere…

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  • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have a refreshing SodaPop Zero and tell me all about it.

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• GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is why I just stopped thinking

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  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Switched to Fox News?

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Teach me your ways, Master

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    • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      become immortal then get launched into space by a ridiculously buff 18 year old british-american

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    • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      .

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• EABOD25@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Explains my hypoglycemia

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  • veganpizza69@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. It took my years to figure out how to preempt it.

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• QuentinQuiver@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Eat loads of shit, think loads of shit

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• HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait it does!?!?! No wonder I’m always tired when I’m off my ADHD meds

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