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✔️ Workouts Burn Fewer Calories Than We Think
Friday, September 24th Edition
I was going to have a burger and fries for lunch since I worked out this morning, but …
Cory Ohlendorf, Editor ⋯ @coryohlendorf
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Today’s Big Story
Workouts Burn Fewer Calories Than We Think
A scientific buzzkill for anyone looking to lose weight
If you’ve ever calculated the calories you burn in your workouts and wondered why they don’t add up to more pounds dropped, well, turns out there’s a scientific reason for that.
New, eye-opening research has found that for every 100 calories one expects to burn while exercising, most will only burn fewer than 72 calories—meaning weight loss through exercise just got a lot harder.
The study, published online in Current Biology, finds that our bodies compensate for the calories burned during workouts by expending fewer calories throughout the remainder of the day.
According to the New York Times, the results also show that carrying extra pounds “unfortunately compounds calorie compensation, making weight loss through exercise even more elusive for those who are already overweight.”
In the past, other studies since have reinforced the finding that more activity does not necessarily result in greater daily calorie expenditure. But few large-scale experiments have tried to pin down just how much our bodies compensate for the calories burned while moving, since measuring metabolic activity in people is so complex.
Now if you’re trying to lose weight, all of this might feel a bit discouraging to hear, but it’s important to remember that the study was focusing on extra calories burned. When your body is active, you still burn more calories than you do when completely at rest, even if it’s somewhat less than expected.
↦ NOt so New: This calls to mind the age-old saying uttered by nutritionists and trainers alike: “Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym.”
CDC Endorses COVID Boosters
Director reverses a move by agency advisers
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday overruled a recommendation by an agency advisory panel that had refused to endorse booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for frontline workers. It was a highly unusual move for the director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, but it now aligns CDC policy with the FDA's endorsements.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday recommended the boosters for a wide range of Americans, including tens of millions of older adults, and younger people at high risk for the disease. But they excluded health care workers, teachers and others whose jobs put them at risk.
The White House could begin promoting and rolling out a plan for booster shots as soon as this afternoon. That'd be in keeping with the administration’s previously announced plan to offer the additional doses this week.
According to the Associated Press, getting the unvaccinated their first shots remains the top priority, and the panel wrestled with whether the booster debate was distracting from that goal.
↦ Dig Deeper: Who is eligible for Covid booster shots? What are the side effects? The New York Times answers all your questions.
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Human Footprints Shake Up History
The fossils challenge the theory of when people first arrived in Americas
Scientists reported Thursday that human footprints found in White Sand National Park in New Mexico appear to date back about 23,000 years—making them the oldest known footprints in the Americas.
This is a pretty big deal. Many archaeologists have argued that humans spread across the Americas only at the end of the last Ice Age, pointing to the oldest known tools that date back 13,000 years.
“A discovery like this is very close to finding the Holy Grail,” one archaeologist told National Geographic.
The footprints at White Sands were dated by examining the seeds of ditchgrass, an aquatic plant that once thrived along the shores of the massive dried-up lake. According to research published in the journal Science, the ancient ditchgrass seeds were found in layers of hard earth both above and below the many human footprints at the site, and they were radiocarbon-dated to determine their age.
↦ FYI: The footprints are intermingled with the tracks of animals such as mammoths, giant sloths, dire wolves and camels.
A Weekend Pairing
Bram Stoker’s Dracula + a California Red
It's officially fall, and thus, I declare Spooky Season officially open. And to kick things off, let's go with a classic that's now streaming on Hulu. Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is now over 25 years old and stars Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins.
This '90s treat is known for having some of the best costumes and production design of all time. Stylish and Capital-D dramatic, it's a sumptuous piece of gothic horror. And hey, it still boasts a 75% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Is it a little over the top? Perhaps. But it's gorgeous to look at, plenty scary and leaving Hulu at the end of this month, so why not make time to watch it this weekend?
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