Researchers have found the maximum number of calories the human body can burn in a day – around 7,000 to 8,000 for extreme ...

The number is much smaller than previous research, which estimated metabolic ceilings as 10 times your BMR. And while extreme ...

The metabolic ceiling represents the maximum number of calories that a body can actually burn. For humans, it is believed to ...

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A new study reveals a metabolic ceiling - an upper limit to how much energy the human body can sustain over time, no matter ...