(CNN)Should you eat before or after exercise in the morning? The debate has raged for years.
![The eat-first camp says food before exercise boosts blood sugars, giving the body fuel to increase the intensity and length of a workout.](https://www.smartnesshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nota-211-1-running-in-the-morning-1538848-1024x683.jpg)
The eat-first camp says food before exercise boosts blood sugars, giving the body fuel to increase the intensity and length of a workout. It also keeps you from being fatigued or dizzy.
When trying to lose weight, morning meals are better than evening ones
The eat-after camp says you burn more fat if you fast before exercise.
A small UK study published Friday supports the latter point of view: In 30 obese or overweight men, those who exercised before breakfast burned twice the fat as men who ate breakfast before they worked out.
![That's because exercising with no fuel forces the body to turn to stored carbs, and when those are quickly gone, so are fat cells.](https://www.smartnesshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nota-211-2-so-tired-1440121-1024x768.jpg)
That’s because exercising with no fuel forces the body to turn to stored carbs, and when those are quickly gone, so are fat cells.
I BELIEVE that exercising in the morning is beneficial for a number of reasons:
- You don’t have to worry about exercising the whole day
- You don’t have to go to the gym tired from work
- You are less likely to skip a workout
- You can get over your workout first thing in the morning and have it give you energy for the rest of the day
- You can enjoy your breakfast that much better
- And now…you can burn twice the amount of fat!!!
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