An active lifestyle can change how the body burns saturated and unsaturated fat according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. In the study, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in Nature Communications, researchers investigated how different types of fat are used by the body, depending on the individual’s level of physical fitness. While this study did not look at diet, which is notoriously difficult to control, it examined how fat is metabolised. The researchers analysed the effects in two groups – ‘super healthy’ male athletes and males with type 2 diabetes who did little to no
Consistent exercise changes how saturated fat is used by the body as seen on The Hippocratic Post.