Fat and Facts

The following facts were explained to me by a friend of mine, who is working for cardiology billing services provider:

When a person thinks about burning of calories, he should keep in mind that a large percentage of calorie consumption is for the basal metabolism, the basic life functions like your heart beating, breathing, thinking and keeping the body at the required 98.4 deg. C irrespective of the external temperature. This amounts to approximately 60% of the calorie spending.

As a rule, basal metabolism consumes about 22 calories for every kilogram of a woman’s body weight and 24 calories per kg for men. A woman who weighs 60Kg pounds, for example, expends 1,320 calories just to run her body. That’s without lifting a finger or walking an inch. A 70-Kg man would burn 1,700 calories. It may look unbelievable, but that’s the way it is.