InstaTIP: 3 minutes on fat burning
1. For fat burning important is combination of aerobic and strength training. Aerobic exercise helps directly burn calories, while strength training helps build muscle mass. The more muscles you have, the more energy your body needs to maintain them, which leads to higher overall calorie expenditure.
2. Lack of sleep can significantly affect body's ability to burn fats. Studies show that poor sleep quality can increase level of hormone ghrelin (hunger hormone) and decrease level of leptin (satiety hormone), which can lead to overeating and worse fat burning.
3. It is not true that by avoiding foods containing fat you will burn fats faster. Consumption of healthy fats, such as omega-3 fatty acids and monounsaturated fats, is important for health and can help regulate insulin levels and hormones affecting fat burning. Body needs fats for proper metabolism functioning.
4. Stay in colder environment can activate brown fat cells, which increases thermogenesis and thus calorie burning. Bath in cold water, cold therapies or "winter swimming" are methods utilizing this mechanism to support fat burning.
5. Detoxification has minimal effect on fat burning. Most weight loss from detox diets is caused by water loss, not fat. Body has its own natural detoxification systems, such as liver and kidneys.
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