Basically, some research has shown that people eat more after they've been thinking hard than when they've been relaxing their brain:
source: http://www.canada.com/health/Food+thought+thinking+makes+hungry/1305874/story.html
Not sure how we would counter that, though. If thinking makes you hungrier, then those of us that sit on our tush and think for a living are doomed to eat too much...
I think the rest of you are safe!
:P
Quote from: Thorin on February 20, 2009, 04:43:14 PM
Basically, some research has shown that people eat more after they've been thinking hard
I remember when Susan "It's not me that's insane, it's the diet industry, I only look and sound it" Powter was saying in her book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Powter#Bibliography) that she went through like 3000 calories per day when she was brainstorming and researching and writing her book... She was hungry and eating all the time but didn't gain wait, I guess the ol' noggin is like a steam engine and calories are the coal; when it's working a steep incline it burns more fuel.
Quote from: Thorin on February 20, 2009, 04:43:14 PM
those of us that sit on our tush and think for a living are doomed to eat too much...
When I was 16 and on weekends coding from morning until evening while watching Much Music, I ate chocolate bars and was hungry non-stop but was a skinny stick until my early 20s... guess during my NAIT years I stopped thinking so much*?
*Melbosa, shut yer big yap ;)
I'm not sure about this, I know I get hungry when I'm watching hockey (but that might be beer related). heh
That's very interesting, especially the bit about the increased fluctuation in sugar levels. I find I'm usually reaching for something sugary or some tea after doing some hard thinking. It's mostly to give myself a boost from the tired state I end up in but as I do it regularly it seems natural.
I'm no scientist but that behavior of taking in sugar after thinking is just so ingrained in to me that it could seem like I'm "hungry" but I'm really just reaching for something to perk me up. That way I can continue to think at the same level as earlier without taking a proper break.