Should Men Eat Before Exercise and Women Eat After?

Have you ever thought that eating easily digested carbohydrates before you exercise gives you energy for your workout? Then again, have you considered that working out on an empty stomach will burn more fat?

Does this seem as confusing as figuring out which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Let's look at what the research says:

If you ever read the book "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus", you know that men and women don't think alike, but do their bodies also react differently to exercise? The answer is YES!

Exercising women who consumed a carbohydrate drink prior to exercise burned up to 22% more fat.

Among men, those who consumed a carbohydrate drink after exercise burned up to 8% more fat .

When men exercise in a fasted state, they limit their source of carbohydrates as fuel, which means the muscles may then burn more fat.

Women tended to burn the most fat in the three hours after exercise, which suggests women may want to avoid eating for 90 minutes after exercise to optimize fat burning.

This is a summary of the findings, but for more details, click on this link.

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