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Our Carb Cycling Macro Calculators help you generate individualized daily macronutrient balances for meal plans optimized to promote weight loss and boost lean mass in men and women. The apps generate macro balances based on macro ratios calculated for your age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity level. We show you how to use the … Read more
Our Reverse BMI Calculator helps you calculate the weight you need to aim for to achieve a healthy body mass index (BMI). For instance, if you are 70 inches (177.8 cm) tall and weigh 201 pounds (91kg), your body mass index would be about 28.8. A BMI of 28.8 falls in the overweight range. So, … Read more
Weed is a popular slang term for the dried flowers and bracts (associated leaves) of cannabis plants prepared for smoking, vaporizing (vaping), drinking, or eating. It is also popularly known as marijuana, pot, grass, reefer, mary jane, and ganja. Weed is a herb that contains calories. There is very little information available online about weed or … Read more
Push-ups are bodyweight exercises that help build upper body strength. If you’ve been wondering how many calories push-ups burn, you can use our Calories Burned By Push-ups Calculator (view our calculator here) to get an estimate. Our calculator estimates energy expenditure based on your age, sex, height, body weight, workout duration, exercise intensity, and lean … Read more
Based on Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence principle, 1g of uranium releases 20 billion calories when it undergoes complete fission. Similarly, the amount of energy released when 1 kg (2.2lbs) of uranium-235 undergoes complete fission is approximately 20 billion kilocalories. This article shows you how to use the Einstein equation E=mc2 to calculate the number of calories released by … Read more
Sit-ups are bodyweight exercises that strengthen abdominal and core muscles while burning calories. How many calories you burn while doing sit-ups depends on multiple factors, such as age, sex (gender), height, weight, exercise intensity, duration, and lean body mass. We present a Calories Burned Calculator (click the link to view our calculator) that lets you … Read more
How many calories are burned by doing bodyweight or weighted squats depends on many factors, including age, sex, height, weight, lean body mass, duration, and intensity of activity. We present Calories Burned Calculators (view our calculators here) that estimate your rate of energy expenditure while performing bodyweight and weighted squats (barbells and dumbells). The calculators estimate … Read more
This article answers your questions about how many calories 16-year-olds need. A teenager’s calorie requirement depends on many factors, including gender. A 16-year-old boy may need up to 3,200 calories daily. A girl needs up to 2,400 calories, according to the 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). However, you can make fine-tuning adjustments to these … Read more
If you’ve been wondering how many calories you burn while sleeping and how to calculate the energy cost of nightly rest, we have all the answers to your questions. While you’ve probably already guessed that you burn fewer calories while sleeping, you may also want to know how to calculate or estimate your overnight energy … Read more
This article answers questions you may have about how to burn calories while sitting and the health benefits of increased activity during prolonged sitting. We list practical strategies you may adopt to burn calories while sitting and thus improve your health status. Research studies suggest that even modest physical activity levels while sitting may be … Read more
Medical experts for long believed that vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and folate supplementation helped prevent cancer and that they were safe even at high doses. However, recent studies suggested that high B12 and folate blood levels may be associated with increased cancer risk. This article reviews 12 studies that investigated the effects of high-dose B12-folate supplementation and … Read more
Valerian root and melatonin are supplements widely used as sleep aids. Valerian root (Valeriana officinalis, sub-family: Valerianaceae; family: Caprifoliaceae) is a herbal supplement that has been used since ancient times as a mild sedative for managing sleep disorders, relievng anxiety and stress, and treating symptoms of nervous tension. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a natural hormone produced … Read more