April 1, 2008

Burn twice as much of fats

How to make sure you get the most out of your morning run? British scientists recently discover that people who down a carbohydrate rich, high fibre breakfast before working out burn twice as much fat while running as they do after a similar meal without the roughage.

Why? It was found that eating low fibre, refined carbohydrates significantly raises the amount of insulin in our body, which limits our ability to use fat for fuel. The study participants burned the most fat when they’d eaten about half a cup of muesli cereal with one and a half cups of milk and a two third cup of plain low fat yogurt. They burned the least when they’d had conrnflakes with milk and white toast with jam.

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