Metabolic Window Myths, Egg Entropy (w/ Ralph Crewe from SNaQ), and What’s in Tattoo Ink
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn how important it really is to refuel right after a workout; and, why it’s important to learn about the chemicals in tattoo ink. We’ll also discuss a listener question about egg entropy with a special guest, Ralph Crewe from the podcast Science, News, and Q’s.
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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- How Important Is It to Refuel Right After a Workout? — https://curiosity.im/2ELM5I7
- Do You Know What Chemicals Are in Your Tattoo? — https://curiosity.im/2EAZwe0
More from Ralph Crewe:
- Science News and Qs (SNaQ), a Carnegie Science Center Podcast — http://snaq.podbean.com/
- Getting Curious with Ashley and Cody of Curiosity on SNaQ — https://snaq.podbean.com/e/getting-curious-with-ashley-and-cody-of-curiosity/
- Learn more about the Carnegie Science Center — http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/
- Follow @CarnegieSciCtr on Twitter — https://twitter.com/carnegiescictr
- Follow @RalphCrewe on Twitter — https://twitter.com/RalphCrewe
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we're here from curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.0 | Today you learn how important it really is to refuel right after a workout |
| 0:11.0 | and why it's important to learn about the chemicals in |
| 0:13.5 | tattoo ink. We'll also discuss a listener question about egg entropy with a special |
| 0:18.2 | guest, Ralph crew from the podcast Science News and Qs. |
| 0:21.8 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:24.0 | Cody, have you ever heard of the metabolic window or like the anabolic window? |
| 0:28.0 | Yes, it says that you should eat like within 20 minutes of working out to get the maximum muscle growth? |
| 0:34.0 | Right, and if you don't, then you basically lose all of the benefits you might have gotten from that |
| 0:38.8 | workout. |
| 0:39.8 | Yes, I've heard that. |
| 0:40.8 | Well luckily, it's not true. |
| 0:41.8 | Really? |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, the idea that you have to refuel right after a workout |
| 0:46.0 | used to be supported by science. |
| 0:48.0 | So don't be too hard on yourself if you thought this too. |
| 0:51.0 | The term for this was the metabolic window of opportunity. It was |
| 0:54.9 | based on the fact that exercise breaks down muscle fibers and depletes your |
| 0:58.8 | stores of glycogen, which is the sugary substance your muscles use for fuel. |
| 1:03.0 | The metabolic window was supposedly a time frame |
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