Burn
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
Why do so many diets lead to more weight gain?
Do more active people have faster metabolisms?
Is exercise essential for weight loss?
Over the past twenty years, evolutionary biologist Herman Pontzer has conducted ground-breaking studies across a range of settings, including pioneering fieldwork with Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania.
This book draws on his eye-opening research to show how, contrary to received wisdom, exercise does not increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level.
By taking a closer look at what happens to the energy we consume, Pontzer explores the ways in which metabolism controls every aspect of our health - from fertility to immune function - and reveals the truth about the dynamic system that sustains us. Filled with facts and memorable anecdotes, Burn will change the way you think about food, exercise and life.
© Herman Pontzer 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Customer Reviews
Game changer!
Easy to understand and very amusing at times, a very interesting view on how our body burns calories and fuels exercise, but it’s not what we’ve been led to believe!! I can’t recommend this audiobook enough, it’s one you’ll revisit many times, thought provoking without being too advanced so we mere mortals can’t understand it. Featuring some great humour your going to relearn all the things you thought you knew about dieting, exercise and drug taking cyclists?!?
Buy this book!!!!!
Loved the book, not the narrator
I thought the book was very interesting, amazing facts that I never knew!
Unfortunately the narrators voice is very ‘monotone’ I found it difficult to listen to as the voice was boring. I also bought the book, which I enjoyed reading.