I understand the whole EPOC argument for people who train in the post prandial state versus fasted state. It doesn’t alter the basic fact that when you are doing some sort of activity and, lets assume for the sake of example, you are using a combination of fat and glucose for energy, when you start to ingest carbs, insulin goes up, you start metabolising the new source of energy and, as a result, fat burning is blunted.
As for the whole Gatorade thing, that was done to death in an earlier thread. Layne Norton promotes those Monster energy drinks but I won’t be having one anytime soon.
Not sure what point you’re making about insulin. It’s a storage hormone. It’s role in both muscle gain and fat loss is huge. Check out the Minnesota Experiment if you want to see the effects of a simple high carb, low calorie diet on fat loss.
You actually don’t burn a huge amount of energy when you lift weights, you burn much more energy during the rest of the day. Maybe this explains why the effects you describe are of little relevance.
I’m referring to how some people blamed fat gain/lack of fat loss all on insulin and were avoiding carbs, despite the fact that protein causes an insulin spike as well. That sort of “advice” was common at one time not long ago.
You keep missing the point, dude. I’m talking about “activity” in general. Depending on what you do you can burn a shed load of fat. Keto-adapted athletes, for example, can burn +110g fat per hour. Start sipping Gatorade and that screeches to a halt.
Yet 98% of conventional (eat less, move more) diets fail simply because people do not understand the role insulin plays and, more importantly, how to correct it.
Dude, I’m done with the debate. If you want to make valid points on a discussion forum then expect some counter points. If you cannot handle this very basic concept then you are simply trolling.