Question 1

can you burn calories chewing gum?

Accepted Answer

Of course.: Just being alive burns calories. You will burn more chewing gum than not chewing gum.

Question 2

can chewing gum and drinking cold water burn calories?

Accepted Answer

Sure: But you are not going to loose any weight by doing so. You need to burn off more calories than you ingest, and that is best accomplished by exercise (enough where you are usually sweating due to the heat being generated by the amount of calories you are burning). Eat healthy, watch your caloric intake, and start a workout plan to help you achieve your goals.

Question 3

is there a chewing gum that has no sugar or calories?

Accepted Answer

Xylitol: Gum sweetened only with xylitol will fit the bill here, and there is a lot of scandinavian research showing that this would also have a decay inhibiting effect as well over time.

Question 4

can you burn calories when not exercising?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: This is called basal metabolic rate! calories burned during inactivity. However, you increase your basal rate by having more muscle and less fat, since fat utilizes little to no energy and is really energy storage.

Question 5

out of curiosity, does thinking burn calories?

Accepted Answer

Burning calories: Yes thinking does burn calories.  Everything we do for the most part burns calories.  I don't think you could think hard enough to lose a lot of weight but you definitely couldn't think too well without adequate nutritional caloric intake.

Question 6

can you please list fun ways to burn calories?

Accepted Answer

Physical activities: ... That you find fun -- sex, dancing, sports, biking, skating, bowling, lots of things. There are calculators available on the internet to help you figure out how many calories you burn with different activities based on your weight, such as this one from healthstatus:
http://www.Healthstatus.Com/calculate/cbc.

Question 7

what to do to burn calories throughout the day?

Accepted Answer

Move around, stay ac: Our body needs to be kept in motion as much as possible. So walk and do so briskly every chance you get whether you are at home or at work. Sitting in one place for more than one hour is unhealthy. So keep your body in motion as much as you can. . If you walk in the shoping areas, park farther away and walk to work and go up steps instead of riding elevators, you will burn calories.

Question 8

does stress make you burn calories?

Accepted Answer

Not really: Stress will certainly raise your heart rate but the calorie effect of stress depends much more on behavior it causes
some people eat others loose their appetite, some people become agitated and fidget or get up and pace while others withdraw and become very still.

Question 9

does running in place burn calories?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Depending on how much energy you use to do it, you can spend a good deal running in place.

Question 10

how can you burn calories when you sleep?

Accepted Answer

Cells...: The cells in your body require energy for you to just rest.  Their activities constitute your basal metabolic activity, which is energy you burn just living without doing anything.

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