Why does cooked food sometimes offer more calories than its raw counterpart? If you eat a 2000 calorie meal, why can you still feel hungry after a few hours? Why is restaurant food vastly more calorie dense than preparing food at home? Why is it good to burn calories by raising your heart rate through aerobic exercise, but not through caffeine, stress, anxiety, etc?
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Study referenced on Association of Physical Activity Intensity With Mortality:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2772939
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