9 sentences with 'consume'
Example sentences and phrases with the word consume and other words derived from it.
• « The most practical way to avoid obesity is to consume the right percentages of calories and carbohydrates and to avoid chocolates, sweets and alcohol. »
• « "If you consume the same number of calories from fat as from carbohydrates, you will gain more weight from fat," says Douglas Ballor, a physiologist who specialises in exercise. "This is because the former can enter cells without being transformed, whereas the latter have to be converted into fat to be stored. This requires energy, which burns calories. »
• « "Once you restrict fat in your diet," says Stamford, "it's easier to burn more calories than you consume. Even if you do little exercise, it is effective because belly fat is among the easiest to get rid of. »
• « For example, scientists are puzzled by what is known as the "French paradox": the French consume at least as much saturated fat as Americans, yet mortality from heart disease among Gallic men is only 40 per cent that of American men. »
• « Dr Arthur Klatsky, a cardiologist, has reported that among people who consume small or moderate amounts (no more than two glasses a day) of alcoholic beverages, the incidence of coronary heart disease is lower. »
• « Despite the fact that these people consume enormous amounts of fat, their death rate from heart disease is remarkably low. »
• « In a state of intense concentration, the brain organ can consume as many calories as muscles do during exercise. This is why thinking is sometimes as exhausting as physical activity. »