Some research just makes sense. A new study by scientists at Laval University in Quebec City shows that intellectual work induces a significant increase in the calories you eat at your next meal or snack.
This finding—details momentarily—goes hand in hand with a personal theory of mine: Writing and other brain work just takes the glucose right out of you. I feel just as depleted after a morning of writing as I would following a long run.
But I don’t have scientific studies to back up my theory. Jean-Philippe Chaput and his colleagues at Laval U have the goods on how brain work leads to eating more food. The study was published the journal Psychosomatic Medicine early last month.
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