EXERCISE burns fat. Carbs, with exercise, MELT the fat, liquify it so it, the liquified fat, can be used as fuel. It is a FABULOUS source of energy. Lol. I could run DAYS on my liquified blubber.
One more time: HARD LARD, as is on my hips, won't be used as fuel for exercise until it is liquified/melted. Carbs and exercise liquify my lard...and thus the fat fuels the exercise.
Remember, it takes a minimum of 20 MINUTES to BEGIN to melt the fat. After 30 minutes, all the carbs are gone, having done their fat-melting duty, and from then on--it's all fat burning.
If you have eaten no carbs that day, for some strange reason...then the fat has to be melted by SOMETHING. The body uses muscle to melt the fat and that is the WORST CASE SCENARIO.
Questions? I'll be glad to read them. This stuff was how I made my living.
Of course we need carbs. And what is meant by “Low Carb” is simply reducing the amount of carb intake back to the optimum level. But it simply has gone so sky high in recent decades, that it seems like such a radical concept.
I have read a modified version of your theory that may be easier to explain.
This is from “Paleo diet for athletes.”
The body has to have a certain amount of carbs to turn on the switch to start burning fat. If there are no carbs, the body tries to hold onto what it has. I don’t remember the exact ratios, but as a cyclist, for a 2-4 hr bike ride, I consume about 30g of carbs before, and every 45min during.
I have a lot more energy for the entire ride and I know the extra 200 calories from the carbs is way offset by the 1500 I burn during a ride.
Might look up the book. Lots of insights and research as to the right amount and when to eat carbs to allow the fat to burn most efficiently.
Jane Fonda is that you?