People are obsessed with burning fat to lose weight.  Millions of products, services, and careers are based upon the relationship between fat burning and weight loss.   In today’s podcast, The Nutrition Grouch explains why he thinks burning fat is actually very overrated.  Burning fat isn’t actually controlled by fat, we don’t have a calorie burning or a fat burning problem, we’ve got a calorie consumption problem, introduces his favorite nutrient metabolism concept of all time (the oxidative hierarchy), explains how all diets work, and dispels the myths ofEating fat to burn fat (Atkins or Keto)Exercising in the fasted state to burn fatExercising in the fat burning low to moderate intensity zones to burn fatSpending more time in the fasted state to burn fatNot eating carbohydrates because they turn into fatWe also discuss how long you can live without eating (the answer will surprise you!!) and why energy balance, above all else regulates how much you weigh.

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