Small tips that will lead to higher fat burning
By: M&F Hers Staff
April 27, 2009
MUSCLEANDFITNESSHERS.COM
>> Eating a meal containing low-glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates before exercise may result in a higher rate of fat-burning during exercise, report Loughborough University (Leicestershire, United Kingdom) researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In two trials, eight healthy, active women ate a test breakfast that provided 2 grams of carbohydrates per kilogram of bodyweight - one meal was low GI, the other high GI - three hours before the subjects ran at 65% VO2 max for an hour. During exercise, the estimated rate of fat-burning was greater in the subjects in the low GI trial than in subjects who ate the high GI breakfast.
Use it: Before you do cardio, consider having oatmeal or some tuna on a slice of whole-grain bread three hours before your workout.
