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Doing moderate exercise at a specific heart rate for 8 weeks helps your body get better at burning fat while working out, no matter if you eat before or not.

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Effects of time‐restricted feeding and meal timing on an 8‐week fat oxidation exercise training program—A randomized controlled trial

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Jan

This study found that doing 8 weeks of a specific fat-burning workout made people better at burning fat during exercise — whether they worked out before eating or after eating. The results support the claim.

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Effects of time‐restricted feeding and meal timing on an 8‐week fat oxidation exercise training program—A randomized controlled trial

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DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70194

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