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"Calories in" is only part of the equation. Sleep metabolism is different from waking metabolism. Also, to your point, very few people spend their sleeping hou

"Calories in" is only part of the equation. Sleep metabolism is different from waking metabolism. Also, to your point, very few people spend their sleeping hours eating. You could eat 1500 calories for every meal and be very lithe - if you slept 23 hours a day. By contrast, it seems anecdotally that people who get less sleep tend to eat more food and more of it is unhealthy: late night Taco Bell, delivery when you're pulling an all-nighter, etc. Best diet pill on the market? Unisom.

yaseer 8y ago
> You could eat 1500 calories for every meal and be very lithe - if you slept 23 hours a day. Not sure if this statement is sound, for the average person. If you ate 4500 per day, spread across 3, 20 minute meals, and spent the remaining 23 hours sleeping... your energy expenditure would be minimal, whilst your energy intake large. The average person would gain weight rapidly. (300lb athletes perhaps not, but these are outliers).