Not true guys.
I will repeat myself. Cardio is not needed for fat loss.
Will it work better?............Nah!
Fat gain is controlled by the production of insulin. Insulin is a storage hormone. Beings that carbs are either injested in large volume or of the high glycemic index, this will spike blood sugars which in turn spike insulin and beings that insulin is a storage hormone that meal can easily be stored as fat.
Oh and not only that but to make matters worse how about this. In the presence of insulin fat loss stops dead.
Or
GH production is highest when insulin is lowest.
So saying that insulin has nothing to do with it is a foolish incorrect statement.
95% of all the calories burned is fat cals.
Fat is the most efficient source of fuel.
It will leave you with the most stable blood sugars.
It curbs appitite for up to 3 times as long.
Fat supresses insuilin.
Glucagon on the other hand is insulins's opposite, when insulin is low, glucagon is high, when glucagon is high fat burning is present.
Toss some insulin in the mix and POW fat loss stops dead.
Not only that but beings that insulin is driving down blood sugars and storing that meal as fat, the brain will call out for fuel as it never got fed due to insulins responce to the elevated blood sugars.
So the brain sends a signal of hunger and then you end up eating again only to find out that that meal got stored as fat.
Insulin if high is not good, it can give you insulin resistance where your vary likely to have higher amounts of insulin to do the same job as lower amounts of insulin.
When this happens it actually makes matters worse.
If that all wasnt bad enough, insulin resistance can cause belly fat, aromatase enzme resides in belly fat. The more aromatase enzyme the more conversion of our precious testosterone to estradiol (E2 estrogen), the lower the
test levels become, the lower
test levels, the more insulin resistant, the more insulin resistant the fatter we get.
So I will ask you this.
If stuffing your face got you fat, what makes you think you will lose it with cardio?
If most of your calories are burned as fat why have such a high supply of carbohydrates?
You have a limited storage capacity of glycogen, any more than that (most people do) it wont store as glycogen but as a triglyceride in the form of fat.
By reducing the carbohydrates, upping the fats, keeping the protein high enough to support lean muscle mass, you are better off.
When I said diet I never said calorie restriction.
Calorie restriction is not a good idea. There are many studies that support calorie restrictions and muscle loss.
There are also many studies that support high fat diets and fat loss.
Calorie restrictions actually will slow down the production of T3, and also slow metabolism.
This makes dieting even worse.
What about when you start eating again when your metabolism is slowed due to calorie restrictions?......You get fat or even worse fatter.
So, if you design your diet (way of eating), you can lose bodyfat, support lean muscle mass with less loss, feel better with less food cravings, have more even blood sugar levels just by the way you eat.
Again if you dont control insulin to unlock fat burning you will never win the war on fat loss.
How do I know this?
I am doing it right now.
I have more information on this subject than anyone of you will ever know.
Go ahead and challenge me.
Or try it for yourself and lose up to 2-3 lbs a week with zero cardio and not feel hungry or weak.
Cardio?....................NO!
Diet?..................Absolutly "IF" you know what you are doing.
The last thing you need to lose is lean muscle mass, if you are smart you will lose very little, if you are not you will lose much more.