The Claim

During low-intensity steady-state exercise, the body utilizes a greater proportion of fat as fuel relative to carbohydrates compared to higher-intensity exercise.

What the research says

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Supports
45score
Challenges
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Description
2 studies reviewed
In plain English

When you do light, steady exercise like walking, your body burns more fat compared to carbs than when you're going harder, like running.

See the scientific wording

During low-intensity steady-state exercise, the body burns a higher percentage of fat relative to carbohydrates as fuel compared to higher-intensity exercise.

What the research says

2 studies

  1. Study: Skeletal muscle carnitine loading increases energy expenditure, modulates fuel metabolism gene networks and prevents body fat accumulation in humans

    The study looked at how the body burns fat during light exercise and found that people burned more fat when their muscles had more carnitine. This fits with the idea that low-intensity exercise helps your body use fat for energy.

  2. Study: Dynamics of Fat Oxidation from Sitting at Rest to Light Exercise in Inactive Young Humans

    The study found that when people do light exercise, their bodies keep burning fat at a high rate, which supports the idea that easy workouts use more fat for fuel than harder ones.

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