
259: Carbohydrates: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly—with Dr. Asker Jeukendrup
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The Benefits of Carbohydrate Manipulation During Exercise
There's an expression in exercise physiology or general physiology that fat burns on a carbohydrate flame. Your body can't use fat for fuel unless glycolysis is operating. So even if you're going slow and mostly relying on fats, you're still burning carbohydrates.
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