What is fat burned as?

frankiedb
frankiedb Posts: 277 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Happy Holidays! :)


I was asked...

We all know the fat burning, deficit thing. The question is...

When fat stores are used what are they processed as?

Is it considered a macronutrient?

If so do we adjust accordingly? (macronutrients)



If not do we or should we adjust?



For example:

If it's processed as sugar do we adjust carbs?



Thanks! :)

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Adjust what?
  • moment_to_arise
    moment_to_arise Posts: 207 Member
    ....energy?

    you burn a certain amount of calories per day just to keep your body/organs running
    lets say your body naturally burns 2000 calories a day.
    you eat 1500 calories
    500 calories worth of fat is burned to produce energy to keep your body running.

    its a lot more complicated than that, and someone is probably going to come back and correct me, but that is the basics.... i think

    don't worry about it.
  • nicoleisme
    nicoleisme Posts: 97 Member
    I watched a ted talks on it.

    Extra calories come out as air and water. Really interesting talk actually.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE&feature=youtu.be
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    Any macro can be broken down into sugar. That is why they say carbohydrates are not essential. No need to adjust anything though.
  • frankiedb
    frankiedb Posts: 277 Member
    In other words. If I'm at a caloric deficit of 300 cals. My body take stored fat and burns it as a carb. So knowing this it's okay to go less on carbs and more on something else?

    That means stored body fat is burned as a carb? Or is it more than that?
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    Figure out your needs for protein and fat and caloric intake. The difference is the amount of carbs you should consume.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    In other words. If I'm at a caloric deficit of 300 cals. My body take stored fat and burns it as a carb. So knowing this it's okay to go less on carbs and more on something else?

    How fat is oxidized doesn't really effect how you adjust macronutrients. Once you meet fat and protein needs you can distribute remaining calories based on preference. Sticking them in carbs tends to result in better training performance for most people.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I think you have over-thought the whole ingesting part of macros a bit too much.
  • tkcasta
    tkcasta Posts: 405 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI4xEXJZwXA
  • Saucy_lil_Minx
    Saucy_lil_Minx Posts: 3,302 Member
    How far into the break down do you want? Ultimately all that you consume becomes either waste product, or an ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) which is used by the body for cellular respiration. Your body uses all three components of the main macros: Proteins. Fat, and Carbohydrates to turn into glycolysis which is used to create the weaker bond between the molecules of an ATP. Our cells can easily break apart the weak ATP bonds to make other stronger molecular bonds. This breaking of bonds of an ATP to make other stronger molecular bonds allows our cells to easily carry energy across the cell membrane.



    Ya know sciencey stuff. :happy:

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