How To Burn Fat, Not Sugar, When You Workout

Your body needs oxygen to burn fat. If you don’t keep your heart rate low you’re not burning fat.

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For decades we’ve been told the universal key to health and weight loss is to burn more calories than we eat. Here’s the thing: Americans exercise more than any other country in the world yet only 12% of us are metabolically healthy. When it comes to food some are beginning to clue in to the fact that calories are not all the same. Biochemically your body does very different things with broccoli, chocolate cake, and steak. The same is true for exercise. People believe that all exercise burns fat and that simply isn’t true.

Are You Burning Sugar Instead Of Fat?

Your body needs oxygen to burn fat. When you exercise at a high intensity your body becomes oxygen deprived. When oxygen is no longer abundant your body has to rely on the anaerobic system. The anaerobic system burns glucose, not fat.

Does this happen to you? After a long intense workout you crave carbohydrates. Most people eating an industrialized western diet have unknowingly trained their body to perfer glucose as a primary fuel source. The fuel source you eat is what you teach your body to burn. It doesn’t matter if it’s heart healthy whole grains…