How come your body burns 2000 calories a day by existing, but running a mile only burns 100 calories?
In: Biology
It takes you a day to run a mile, OP?
Base metabolic rate. It’s the energy your body uses to keep your heart beating, brain thinking, organs working, and largely keeping your body temperature at 98.6°F.
Interesting fact: cold blooded animals eat less than warm blooded because they don’t spend all that energy maintaining temperature.
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