When endurance athletes eat a high-fat diet for 6 days, their bodies burn less carbs during a long bike ride compared to when they eat a high-carb diet — showing their metabolism switches to using...

If endurance athletes eat a high-fat, low-carb diet for just 6 days, their bodies burn way more fat during a long bike ride — about 50 grams more over 4 hours — compared to when they eat lots of carbs, even if they're used to carb-heavy diets.

For endurance athletes, switching to a high-fat diet for six days and then loading up on carbs doesn’t seem to boost performance in a one-hour cycling test compared to sticking with a high-carb diet.

If elite male cyclists eat a super high-fat diet for six days, their bodies get better at burning fat for fuel — even when they switch back to eating lots of carbs for a day.

After eating, when adults go for a moderate workout, their bodies burn more carbs over the next 24 hours but don’t burn any more fat — meaning meals push the body to use carbs for energy instead of fat, even with exercise.

Elite race walkers who eat a super low-carb, high-fat diet for 3 weeks start burning fat like crazy when they exercise — one of the highest fat-burning rates ever seen in top athletes.