There is controversy around the devices; much of the strongest objection to cochlear implants has come from the Deaf community. For some in the Deaf community, cochlear implants are an affront to their culture, which as they view it, is a minority threatened by the hearing majority. An infant with a cochlear implant.
An hour-long bike ride at a leisurely 10 to 12 miles per hour, for example, burns about 256 calories. But crank up your effort to a race pace 16 to 20 mph and you'll torch around 773. A vigorous Spinning class on an indoor bike can burn nearly as many, about 741 calories an hour.
A 100-gram serving, or just over 1/2 cup, of plain, boiled spinach contains 23 calories, just under 3 grams of protein, very little fat and 3.75 grams of carbohydrates, of which 2.4 grams are dietary fiber and less than half a gram is naturally occurring sugar, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.