Should You Eat Breakfast Before Your Morning Workout?
A new study finds those who ate breakfast before working out burned more carbs and metabolized their following meals quicker.
If you are the type of person who likes to get up in the morning and head to the gym you may have had to face the question of having enough time to eat before your morning workout, and how does that choice affect the way you feel while working out. Some people enjoy exercising on an empty stomach and some prefer to have some fuel before doing anything strenuous, but which is better for your metabolism and could affect the way your body digests food?
A study out of the University of Bath set out to find the effects of eating vs fasting before a morning workout and their results may surprise you. They took 12 healthy males and tested their blood glucose and muscle glycogen post-workout both on an empty stomach and one where they ate breakfast. They found that when the men worked out after eating breakfast their bodies increased the rate at which they burned, metabolized, and absorbed carbohydrates. This could be good news for those who are at risk for type 2 diabetes, but more studies need to be done to compare these results with the general public.
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