There seems to have been some interest in and misunderstanding of energy substrate usage onsite recently .
Ok energy is broken down in the body to provide energy which is then burned. The body can use carbs or fat or in some cases protein . Where this energy at base comes from depends on a number of factors . One of them is intensity of exercise . It has been discovered that you can increase fat use during high intensity exercise for instance by exhausting carbs stores .
Now the myth has grown up that it is REQUIRED to exhaust carb stores in order to use fat for energy . This i not so . Now it may be a worthwhile thing to do in some circumstances like you are an avid gymgoer who want to lose weight and have limited exercise time . But that is not the question .
The body gets it's energy during things like a walk largely from fat it is quite possible to lose weight without exhausting carb stores . Now it may not suit your typical gymgoer but that is not the question either .
The question is this .
Is exhaustion of carb stores required to lose fat ? The answer is no.
Ok energy is broken down in the body to provide energy which is then burned. The body can use carbs or fat or in some cases protein . Where this energy at base comes from depends on a number of factors . One of them is intensity of exercise . It has been discovered that you can increase fat use during high intensity exercise for instance by exhausting carbs stores .
Now the myth has grown up that it is REQUIRED to exhaust carb stores in order to use fat for energy . This i not so . Now it may be a worthwhile thing to do in some circumstances like you are an avid gymgoer who want to lose weight and have limited exercise time . But that is not the question .
The body gets it's energy during things like a walk largely from fat it is quite possible to lose weight without exhausting carb stores . Now it may not suit your typical gymgoer but that is not the question either .
The question is this .
Is exhaustion of carb stores required to lose fat ? The answer is no.
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