Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by baby on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:20PM
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I read these articles and it's apparently because of high stress + breathing. Not because of using one's brain. :(
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That doesn't mean they're unrelated though - maybe high stress and breathing are a necessary requirement of using your brain a lot.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by Solvency on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:50PM
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Restricted shitty breathing, both chronic and short term, jack up your blood pressure, stress and cortisol levels, etc. Healthy athletes know how to breathe. Chess is no different. You can be a great chess player in spite of your terrible body mechanics, breathing patterns, etc. It doesn't mean it's "good" for you, and certainly doesn't mean it's unavoidable.
the same thing goes for physical labor. Exhaling is mechanically how you lose body fat. Breathing more isn't sustainable without creating demand, but if it were sustainable you could just breath faster to lose weight.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by pizzapill on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:51PM
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I don't think that's how you lose fat. You get rid of the exhaust generated during the chemical fat burning process. If you couldn't exhale you would still burn fat.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by FredPret on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:41PM
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In: O2
Out: CO2
That extra C atom comes from your metabolism. If you're in a calorie deficit, it has to come from your C atom reserve storage.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by palata on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:09AM
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You miss the point of the parent, which is that exhaling is not a chemical process. The point being that the CO2 you exhale is "somehow produced by something", and once it's there you have to exhale it.
That's a way of saying that breathing faster won't burn more fat just because of the breathing: burning fat is a bit more elaborate than that.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by dragonwriter on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:43AM
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> That's a way of saying that breathing faster won't burn more fat just because of the breathing
Which is wrong, since breathing involves pumping air with your muscles.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by palata on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @12:43PM
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Not sure if you got my point but wanted to be pedantic, or didn't get my point at all.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by onion2k on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:33AM
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If you're in a calorie deficit, it has to come from your C atom reserve storage.
Yes, and that will be your muscle mass as well as body fat if you're not exercising and maintaining a decent protein intake.
Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by abdullahkhalids on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:25AM
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As a science puzzle, would one feel hungrier sooner if one intentionally decided to breath faster for a few hours and kept at it?
Exhaling is how you lose fat, because you're sitting on your chair all day. That's the baseline. If you were actually doing sport you'd lose fat by breaking down ATP when repeatedly contracting your muscles.