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How many calories could you burn by jogging (or cycling, or swimming, or doing whatever exercise you prefer) for the extra 25 minutes, instead of eating the ice
by amalcon 17y ago
How many calories could you burn by jogging (or cycling, or swimming, or doing whatever exercise you prefer) for the extra 25 minutes, instead of eating the ice cream more slowly? If it's even close, jogging is a better idea, because exercise has so many added benefits.
Presumably, ice cream is one of the things that most favors the extended consumption time, because of its high calorie density. For more standard meals, exercise looks even better.
- rue 17y agoA super-rough number to use is 500kcal/hour.
- anonjon 17y agoIce cream is even better because it melts... if you are eating it over a period of 30 minutes, you've only had half of it because most of it melted and dripped onto the ground/your hand! If you eat ice cream really fast and then jog, you will probably get a cramp. But you might puke instead, which would make ice cream come out ahead again. --- But seriously, this is a bad comparison. Eating the same amount of ice cream over 5 minutes or 30 minutes will have the same amount of calories. The difference is that eating more slowly causes you to feel full at a lower amount of food eaten, which will keep you (typically) from consuming as many calories. It is just as useful to eat a set amount (in five minutes) that is 10% less than what you would have eaten. I think the technical term for this phenomena is the 'inverse Japanese hot-dog guy effect'.