minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clubtoFuck Cars@lemmy.world•"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!"linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoMy understanding is that humans pretty much use about the same amount of calories a day, whether sedentary or not. If you spend more on exercise, your body spends less on other things. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why The amount your body uses just to stay alive dwarfs what you’d burn from adding cycling to your day. Edited to add the “much” that I somehow deleted. linkfedilink
My understanding is that humans pretty much use about the same amount of calories a day, whether sedentary or not. If you spend more on exercise, your body spends less on other things.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why
The amount your body uses just to stay alive dwarfs what you’d burn from adding cycling to your day.
Edited to add the “much” that I somehow deleted.