Today we have Laura Kunces back on the show to discuss fat burner, ketosis and fasting.
If we want to use fat for fuel, how do we use fat not glucose and do we need to be in ketosis to be burning fat?
Everybody burns fats in different amounts all day long. You first wake up in the morning, to keep breathing normal, going out of bed, take a shower, so your body is actually running out of fat and in ketosis you train your body to really only run off of fat. Some people are training to burn fat for little bit longer from 16-20 hours a day and really only consuming food for 8 hours a day.
What does fasting means typically?
Purposefully not consuming any food of any kind other than water. It is just a practice and its main purpose is to prevent you from food.
Why people do and who needs to do all this?
Anybody can do this because it is beneficial for health and is helpful in controlling glucose level in your body; it also stabilizes the blood sugar level. You probably won’t get into ketosis just through fasting. Insulin release in high glucose level and carbohydrates stores in lever and muscles; and rest goes into fats. Your body need to get proper ratio of nutrients but not the eating food for six to seven times a day is essential. When your body is in ketosis you often don’t experience those crazy things like hunger feelings etc.
If we have glucose level up and down then what may we use, glucose or ketosis?
Yes, you can use both, pure ketosis is really the state of your body and running out of ketones and so being in the state of ketosis typically takes anywhere from a few week or may be from few months so get somebody in to ketosis.
What you suggest blood sugar level be throughout the day?
Blood sugar level should not be less or even too high, it depends on the nature and requirement of the body. It is usually around 80/90 but after exercise or workout blood or sugar level may fluctuate but if increases, it would be the process called gluconeogenesis. In gluconeogenesis body may produce blood glucose through different sources like fats etc.
So if we are burning fats than why would our blood sugar level go higher?
It is because of gluconeogenesis process, your body making new glucose from other sources. If you are low in calories, then gluconeogenesis process has ability to bring up your blood sugar level internally. You need to very much aware of what you are taking and what is better for you. It also depends on that what you are taking in your diet and how much you burn fats and calories amount from your body. Some of the people often use protein shakes to recover the deficiencies from their body. Your body give you signals that your body need, whatever your body feel it may give you strong signals of that requirement. So, you have to listen your body and its requirements.
There are ketone supplements available in the market and you can use them with proper diet. Other things that you also need to maintain is your weight, care about your fitness level and use proper ratios of proteins.
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