How does your body use 2000 calories each day, but you need to run an extra mile to use up an additional 100 calories?

Question

Why can’t we eat and lose calories.. LOL

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Answer 1

Humans are THE most efficient long-distance runners of the animal kingdom. Lots of things can out-run us over short distances, but a fit human can keep going until the prey is exhausted. It’s what we do best. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that we’re energy-efficient at it.