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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Emilio Romero J on 01/03/2011 17:30:03
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Emilio Romero J asked the Naked Scientists:
Dear Dr Chris
I've heard and read many times that after intense physical exercise there is a period in which the body keeps burning calories at a very high rate even though physical demand has stopped completely; people call this the "afterburner effect" (for the afterburners in jet fighters).
Lately, however, I've read from good authority that it is a myth, that such effect does not exist.
Please, could your higher and definitive authority settle the matter?
Thank you so much
Emilio Romero
What do you think?