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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
This article answers questions about maintenance calories and how to calculate them. We introduce readers to an advanced maintenance calorie calculator (Body Weight Planner) designed by Dr. Kevin Hall and his team at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The app helps you calculate your maintenance calories, the calorie deficit you need to lose … Read more
Foods that have very little or no nutrients besides added sugar and solid fat-derived calories are said to contain empty calories. Nutritionists consider empty calories unhealthy and advise health-conscious people to avoid them. But you need to know what empty calories are to avoid eating them. You also need to know how to identify foods containing empty calories. Poti … Read more
This article answers all your questions about how many calories are in an apple (Malus domestica/Malus pumila). We compare the calorie contents of small, medium, and large apples. We also compare the calorie contents and nutrition facts for various apple cultivars, including Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp. You’ve likely heard the saying … Read more
This article answers questions about the calorie deficit you need to lose weight. We address questions about the accuracy of the claim that cutting 3500 calories will make you lose a pound of fat. We also show you how to use an advanced web-based calorie deficit calculator developed by Dr. Kevin Hall and his research team at … Read more
