system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If I attached my feet to a machine that moved my legs for me, and then took anesthesia. Would my body be burning calories or gaining muscle while I'm unconscious?
gpt
Nope.  Movement doesn't cause calories to be burned, burning calories causes movement.  Think of it like putting a car in neutral and rolling it down a hill, or towing it with another car, it doesn't burn any gas to move in those cases.