Better To Exercise On Empty Stomach New Study Suggests
- Author:Ken Shepherd
- Source:The Washington Times
- Release on:2017-04-28
University of Bath researchers found that while a control group of healthy but overweight men who exercised after eating a 600-calorie breakfast actually burned more calories, the group who worked out using CF on an empty stomach burned more fat, The New York Times reported Wednesday .
On top of that, blood work taken by the researchers suggested other benefits to exercising while fasted, particularly improved blood sugar regulation and insulin levels, The Times reported.
Lead researcher Dylan Thompson cautioned that follow-up research is in order, but added that given the evolution of human development it makes sense that there are greater health benefits to exercising prior to eating.
“If we just think of this in evolutionary terms … our ancestors would have had to expend a great deal of energy through physical activity in order to hunt and gather food,” Mr. Thompson said, The Times reported. “So, it would be perfectly normal for the exercise to come first, and the food to follow.”