Staying awake all night burns 135 calories
Posted by staff / January 3, 2011
Researchers at the University of Colorado have found that the metabolic cost of an adult missing one night of sleep is the equivalent of walking slightly less than two miles.
“We found that people do expend more energy when they are awake in bed than when they are asleep,” says Kenneth Wright, the lead researcher and a professor of physiology. The findings showed the eight hours of sleep saved roughly 135 calories over eight hours of wakefulness. “While the amount of energy savings for humans during sleep may seem relatively small, it actually was a little more than we expected.”
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(http://tinyurl.com/28vtsaz) quite interesting discoveries but this is not a recommendation for you to lose some weight