Puzzles Good For Your Waistline
There are indications that loosing weight just might be a little easier then previously expected. It’s been revealed that one exercise may burn calories as you sit comfortable on a sofa or armchair. Puzzles.
Researchers are claiming that playing puzzle games is an effective tool to burn energy because the brain becomes challenged in these instances.
Scientists have revealed that undertaking a Sudoku or crosswords puzzle for an hour, or any other brain-training exercise, may see calories being burned. They said that one hour of puzzle playing burns a much energy as what is contained in a biscuit.
The study also claims that the equivalent of a packet of Hula Hoops or a bag of Maltesers is burned by two hours of brain activity.
A mental agility expert, Tim Forrester, employed by the brain training website, Cannyminds.com has made the findings.
Mr Forrester said that the human brain consumes 0.1 calories per minute only to survive. He said that when a person is undertaking a cerebrally challenging task, that requirement jumps to 1.5 calories per minute.
Millions of neurons make up the brain and these communicate amongst each other and also send signals to and from tissues in the body.
Neurotransmitters, which are the chemicals produced by neurons, relay data and these chemicals require glucose to work as well as calories and oxygen to function properly.
Therefore, the more brain usage, the more calories will disappear.
A cannyminds.com spokesman said calories are burned by anything which is brain challenging, adding that even intensive reading or studying a complex poem will do the job.
Meanwhile, researchers recently claimed they’ve developed a new weight loss medication.
The scientists working at Garvin Institute in Sydney, Australia, said that the drug has been used on mice and has been proven an effective option for modifying the signals sent to the brain which control the type of fuel needed by the body to burn energy.
It will take at least three years before the drug is available.