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How can you burn calories when you sleep?
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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.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Yes, you do : Burn calories while sleeping -but not a lot. ** http://www.Livestrong.Com/article/280877-about-calories-burned-during-eight-hours-of-sleep/.
Answered 9/29/2016
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