Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Weight loss , where does mass goes,

 Weight loss : where does mass goes.

By reading science news http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141216212047.htm &
R. Meerman, A. J. Brown. When somebody loses weight, where does the fat go? BMJ, 2014; 349 (dec16 13): g7257 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7257

I come across a wonderful fact.

This is  mass or weight they convey same meaning but they are different. I will use word mass which convey weight for reader. Body mass is due to fat. A heavy weight person or heavy mass person having too much fat.

When we go for diet or exercise fat is burn into carbon dioxide and water.  Losing 10 kilograms of fat requires 29 kilograms of oxygen to be inhaled and that this metabolic process produces 28 kilograms of carbon dioxide and 11 kilograms of water.

28 kilograms of carbon dioxide will pass from are exhaled as carbon dioxide through the lungs. The remaining 11 kilograms becomes water, which may be excreted in urine, faeces, sweat, breath, tears and other bodily fluids.

More breathing  may help in  weight loss. The answer is no. Breathing more than required by a person's metabolic rate leads to hyperventilation, which can result in dizziness, palpitations and loss of consciousness.


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