A 38-year-old member asked:
How can you exactly burn calories in your sleep?
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Dr. John Edwardsanswered
Pediatrics 29 years experience
Living=calories: We all burn calories all the time (as long as we stay alive)
we do burn more calories with activity
it's not possible to do something differently so that you increase the calories you burn in your sleep (other than having restless sleep, which is not healthy)
i hope this helps!
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A 22-year-old female asked:
How many calories do you burn sleeping/lying down?
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Dr. John Goldmananswered
Rheumatology 57 years experience
Depends on: this depends on the person's level of physical or nonphysical activity is impacted by your weight, age, sex, metabolism and the environment. Different people have different calories burned each day. During sleep the number of calories burned is 0.42 cal for every pound per hour. For 150 pound person it is 63 calories in one hour.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
How can you burn calories when you sleep?
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Dr. Joshua Rosenthalanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 20 years experience
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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A 32-year-old member asked:
How to find out how many calories does sleep burn an hour?
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Dr. David Hardinanswered
Wound care 38 years experience
Around 1300 /hour: The "basal metabolic rate" is the caloric co9nsumption at complete rest. It depends on many factors like height, age, weight, % body fat, what has been eaten and male/female an average female will burn 1200-1300 calories/hour at rest and a man 16-1800 calories /hr.
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