Forum: General Topic: Fat vs. Muscle Author Message nightvid #1 posted July 17, 2006 at 5:25pm (EST)   Melrfaz wrote: > Er... What I mean to say is that the calories in fat tissue would meet its own needs its for 140 times as long as the calories in muscle would meet its needs. Thus, if you don't eat enough and force your body's tissues to burn themselves, fat "lasts 140 times as long". Does this clear things up a bit? nightvid #2 posted July 17, 2006 at 10:56am (EST)   Why is it so much easier to gain fat than muscle? Here's an interesting way of looking at it: -A pound of fat (tissue) contains 3500 Calories. It metabolizes 2 Calories per day. Thus, in one year, it burns about 21% of what it has. -A pound of muscle, by contrast, contains 600 Calories. Even at rest, it burns 50 Calories per day. In one year, it burns about 3,000% of what it has. So, in effect, fat has a "property tax" of 21% per annum, versus muscle, at 3,000% per annum. The "half-life" of fat, if it were to burn itself, is 3.3 years. Of muscle, 8.3 days. If a person always eats the same, fat "lasts" 140 times as long as muscle!

Forum: General Topic: Anyone know about limits of fat digestion? Author Message nightvid #3 posted November 20, 2004 at 7:18pm (EST)   I recently read somewhere that the human small intestine can only absorb 10 grams of fat an hour. From what I know about the digestive process, food normally spends about three hours in the stomach, six hours in the small intestine, and 15 hours in the large, totalling about 24. If the 10 grams per hour rule is so, then if you ingested 240 grams of fat at one sitting, you would either pass a large amount through unabsorbed, or it would be retained much longer than normal. I once had this much fat at once, followed a few hours later by a more normal meal, and did NOT pass a huge greasy mess out the next day when having the bowel movement corresponding to that meal 24 hrs. later. Is the 10 grams per hour law just wrong or do I have Superman's digestive system?

Forum: General Topic: Eating 5500 Calories a day in a desperate attempt to gain weight! Author Message nightvid #4 posted April 27, 2004 at 6:33pm (EST)   What do you suggest would be a good way to remember to eat? If I have to remember to do a school project AND eat, I get tons more stressed out, sometimes to my "breaking point". More than if all that's important is the project, that is. I can go for days without but 2 small waffles, and I still don't get hungry, and neither I nor anyone else notice any change in my mood or even concentration! nightvid #5 posted April 26, 2004 at 7:08pm (EST)   When I get stressed out by homework or have a lot on my mind, I tend to forget to eat and lose a lot of weight. I don't even think I ever get hungry. Eating often seems to me like a chore! Whenever any term papers or anything major is coming up, I try to gain weight in preparation. I know I'm going to have major H/W in 3 classes soon, so I'm making myself cram in 5500 Calories a day most days (4 days out of the last 5). Am I nuts or what?

Forum: General Topic: Magnetic force going 27 feet! Author Message nightvid #6 posted February 19, 2004 at 5:53pm (EST)   I just tried a new experiment similar to the one at http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/workbook/page9.h..., and have ENOURMOUS magnets. I was able to see the movement of a laser beam caused by flipping the enourmous magnets 27 feet away from the magnet attached to the laser pointer! Cool, huh?

Forum: General Topic: Re: Adult Author Message nightvid #7 posted March 12, 2003 at 6:59pm (EST)   It depends on what you mean. Legally, 18 years old most of the time. Cognitively, about 16 to 18 completion of cognitive growth. However, mental age required for minimum adult competency about 13 years old. Physically, anywhere from 12 to 25, depending on what you mean.

Forum: General Topic: Surveys "becoming" multi-pick Author Message nightvid #8 posted June 9, 2002 at 9:48am (EST)   The surveys were "How old was your mother at the time of your birth?" and "How old was your father at the time of your birth?" nightvid #9 posted June 9, 2002 at 12:38am (EST)   There have been at least 2 surveys that I created where I put in single-pick, but some how it turned into multi-pick! Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone know the cause?

Forum: General Topic: a "way around" it Author Message nightvid #10 posted January 14, 2001 at 5:50pm (EST)   Since the the "What is the coldest temperature you've ever experienced" survey is inactive, I would like to say that, when I was little, I walked through a big freezer! Next page (only 10 shown here)