Fat Burning Diets – Are They Effective?
Have you hear all the hoopla about fat burning diets? If you have, then you may even be thinking of trying them. Many people have had success with these diets. Are you wondering exactly how they work? Well read on and we will explain how these diets work. These fat burning diets work because they are based on manipulating your carbohydrate intake. This in turn controls your glycogen stores in the body and they work for you instead of against you. Glycogen is the glucose that you get from carbohydrates. Only a portion of the glucose you eat is burned for energy in the body at one time. The rest is stored away for later use for fuel. The two main storage places for this glycogen are your liver and muscles. While your muscles release the glycogen during exercising or other physical activity, the liver slowly releases it. When the glycogen stores get used by the body we typically fill them back up. When the glycogen stores are there though, the body does not burn as much fat as when they h
