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How To Maximize Fat Burning - Dr. Jason Fung (Part 2)
How To Maximize Fat Burning - Dr. Jason Fung (Part 2)
to Maximize Fat Burning -‐ Dr. Jason Fung (Part 2)
So when we eat food the hormone insulin starts to rise.
It stores some of this energy in our livers and in our fat cells.
When we stop eaCng the insulin levels start to fall
and what happens is that we start to bring this energy back out.
because we're generaCng this energy from the fuel that we've stored away,
The body can burn sugar, and the body can burn fat.
that the body can switch from one to the other without any problems.
It's easily available, but you can only store certain limited amount.
So you can take it in, you can take it out, it's very easy for the Cssues to use.
Fat on the other hand is like the money in your bank.
There's an unlimited amount of storage, but it's not so easy to get to.
You have to go to the teller, it's not immediately available to you
And this really explains parCally why it's so hard to burn fat.
In fact you can only get at it aJer you've burned through all the sugar.
Because your body is not going to bother of geKng the energy from the fat
Let's look at what happens to the body when you start fasCng.
what it shows you is that where the body is geKng its energy from.
what you see is that the body is deriving most of its energy from carbohydrates.
That's sugar.
but aJer about 24 hours or so, those stores start to run out.
The glycogen, which is the stored sugar, is starCng to run out.
then you can see the green line which is the fat burning
What you see in essence is a switch here from burning sugar to burning fat.
At no Cme do you see the protein really become a major problem.
Protein is what we want our muscles, our Cssues to be made out of.
It's important and you see that the body conserves the protein
is how to switch over from burning sugar to burning fat.
is going to prevent the sugar from being stored in the first place.
your body is naturally going to be able to go to the fat.
But what happens if you have a lot of sugar stored already?
Well, fasCng is a great way to burn down all the sugar.
Once you've burned down all the sugar, then you can start burning fat.