This can either explain a lot or just complicate things. But, I don't want to "over-think" this. NOW what do I do? How do I work at work?
Blood samples taken before, during, and after each session revealed that intellectual work causes much bigger fluctuations in glucose and insulin levels than rest periods.
“Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries,” said Mr. Chaput. “This is a factor that should not be ignored, considering that more and more people hold jobs of an intellectual nature,” the researcher concluded.
This study may change the way we work and may be a good argument, in the event some may need one, about a performance-evaluation report. (Or, maybe those of you who are intellectuals need concern yourself with this. . . I don't think my daily work is that intellectual.)
Can Thinking Too Hard Lead to Weight Gain?
Don’t think too hard? A University Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake and may lead to weight gain. The details of this discovery, are published in the most recent issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Don’t think too hard? A University Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake and may lead to weight gain. The details of this discovery, are published in the most recent issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
The research team, supervised by Dr. Angelo Tremblay, measured the spontaneous food intake of 14 students after several tasks and found that the caloric intake after intellectual tasks was much higher when compared to restful activities.
Blood samples taken before, during, and after each session revealed that intellectual work causes much bigger fluctuations in glucose and insulin levels than rest periods.
“Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries,” said Mr. Chaput. “This is a factor that should not be ignored, considering that more and more people hold jobs of an intellectual nature,” the researcher concluded.
This study may change the way we work and may be a good argument, in the event some may need one, about a performance-evaluation report. (Or, maybe those of you who are intellectuals need concern yourself with this. . . I don't think my daily work is that intellectual.) 
2 comments:
This was so eye-opening! Now I totally understand why I'm fat! I think too hard.
This explains my great genius of a mind... and the great expansion of my hips. Who knew???? All this time I have been blaming it on my 4 kids:)
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