Can you tell me about the biology behind burning fat, and how to effectively tone abs?
What are the foods that are best for toning? Specific exercises (other than crunches and sit-ups, of course)? I’ve also heard that working out first thing in the morning immediately burns fat - is that true? Any other things I should know? Thanks. 
Btw, I’m 15 and have been studying a lot lately, so my tummy area is pudgy. No love handles or anything, but it’s not flat anymore.
1) Specific foods don’t automatically signal our bodies to start burning fat. However, there is a way to eat that will force our body to use our stored fat as fuel. It’s basic human metabolism. Our body prefers to use glucose as fuel. Glucose is what carbs turn into after digestion. If our body has glucose in our system it use it as fuel and not touch our stored fat. In fact our body has a preference of substrates to use as fuel: 1) alcohol 2) glucose (carbs) 3) protein (our muscles) 4) fat. As you can see our body fat is LAST on the list and this is why it’s so hard for people to lose. So we have to fool our body into using our fat as fuel. We do this by removing alcohol from our diet. Lets hope you don’t drink alcohol at 15 lol. Then we remove carbs from our diet too. Now at this point our body will then convert our stored protein (our muscles) into glucose. This is how we "lose muscle" during a diet. NOT cool. The actual scientific name to this process is "gluconeogenesis". We prevent this by feeding our body adequate proteins and fats. Protein and fats are the building blocks of muscle. If our body senses all this protein and fats it will determine that its too much trouble to covert the muscles and then go to the next substrate on the list……OUR BODY FAT! perfect! Bingo!
Specific exercises don’t burn fat. Our diet does. Certain type of cardio does. You do ab exercises to build the muscles under the fat.
Working out first thing in the morning will burn fat IF it is low intensity. Low intensity is defined as keeping our heart rate between 120-130 beats per minute. High intensity is anything above 130 beats per minute. See, if the exercise is high intensity our body uses glucose to fuel it. And if you are eating in the manner which will fool your body to use your stored fat, then there is no glucose in your system. Remember, glucose is what carbs turn into after digestion. So low intensity cardio on an empty stomach will burn fat. Not high intensity cardio or even weight lifting on an empty stomach. That too is considered high intensity.
So the foods you have to use to fool your body into using your stored fat are these:
Protein sources: eggs, tuna, chicken, steak (once per day), salmon, talapia (or any fish), shrimp, crab, turkey, whey protein powder
Fat sources: almonds, cashews, all natural peanut butter, avacado (be carefuel, they have a lot of carbs), extra virgin olive oil, fish oil capsules, evening primrose oil capsules
Carb souces: only GREEN veggies.
Hope I’ve helped you understand better.
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1) Specific foods don’t automatically signal our bodies to start burning fat. However, there is a way to eat that will force our body to use our stored fat as fuel. It’s basic human metabolism. Our body prefers to use glucose as fuel. Glucose is what carbs turn into after digestion. If our body has glucose in our system it use it as fuel and not touch our stored fat. In fact our body has a preference of substrates to use as fuel: 1) alcohol 2) glucose (carbs) 3) protein (our muscles) 4) fat. As you can see our body fat is LAST on the list and this is why it’s so hard for people to lose. So we have to fool our body into using our fat as fuel. We do this by removing alcohol from our diet. Lets hope you don’t drink alcohol at 15 lol. Then we remove carbs from our diet too. Now at this point our body will then convert our stored protein (our muscles) into glucose. This is how we "lose muscle" during a diet. NOT cool. The actual scientific name to this process is "gluconeogenesis". We prevent this by feeding our body adequate proteins and fats. Protein and fats are the building blocks of muscle. If our body senses all this protein and fats it will determine that its too much trouble to covert the muscles and then go to the next substrate on the list……OUR BODY FAT! perfect! Bingo!
Specific exercises don’t burn fat. Our diet does. Certain type of cardio does. You do ab exercises to build the muscles under the fat.
Working out first thing in the morning will burn fat IF it is low intensity. Low intensity is defined as keeping our heart rate between 120-130 beats per minute. High intensity is anything above 130 beats per minute. See, if the exercise is high intensity our body uses glucose to fuel it. And if you are eating in the manner which will fool your body to use your stored fat, then there is no glucose in your system. Remember, glucose is what carbs turn into after digestion. So low intensity cardio on an empty stomach will burn fat. Not high intensity cardio or even weight lifting on an empty stomach. That too is considered high intensity.
So the foods you have to use to fool your body into using your stored fat are these:
Protein sources: eggs, tuna, chicken, steak (once per day), salmon, talapia (or any fish), shrimp, crab, turkey, whey protein powder
Fat sources: almonds, cashews, all natural peanut butter, avacado (be carefuel, they have a lot of carbs), extra virgin olive oil, fish oil capsules, evening primrose oil capsules
Carb souces: only GREEN veggies.
Hope I’ve helped you understand better.
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