Simple question, but...

[82nd_Fister]

It's still confounding my mind.


Ok so lets say one hour before you do cardio, you consume 50g of carbohydrates. Now, just hypothetically, lets assume you do an amount of cardio that requires 50g of carbohydrates.

Will your body use what's already in your stomach to fuel this workout? Or will it take from fat stores to fuel the workout and replace whatever you burned with those 50g of carb's?

 

[Welter]

It's still confounding my mind.


Ok so lets say one hour before you do cardio, you consume 50g of carbohydrates. Now, just hypothetically, lets assume you do an amount of cardio that requires 50g of carbohydrates.

Will your body use what's already in your stomach to fuel this workout? Or will it take from fat stores to fuel the workout and replace whatever you burned with those 50g of carb's?

I am certainly no expert from my reading, the body will use your carbs first then fat stores. Hence, the attraction of doing cardio on empty tomach. The theory is all that energy will be pulled from the fat stores and not your stored carbs. I don't think carbs in your stomach are used. I think it needs to run it's course but could be completely wrong. I think it takes 30-45 minutes to reach the blood. I read so much of this shit I forget the details.
3J would know for sure

 

[3J]

I am certainly no expert from my reading, the body will use your carbs first then fat stores. Hence, the attraction of doing cardio on empty tomach. The theory is all that energy will be pulled from the fat stores and not your stored carbs. I don't think carbs in your stomach are used. I think it needs to run it's course but could be completely wrong. I think it takes 30-45 minutes to reach the blood. I read so much of this shit I forget the details.
3J would know for sure

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