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You wouldn’t happen to know where that fat you shed goes, would you? If you don’t, you’re not alone. According to an article in\u00a0The Conversation<\/em>, 98 percent of health professionals failed to explain the process of weight loss.<\/p>\n Out of 150 doctors, dietitians, and personal trainers surveyed, only three gave the right answer. And no, it was not “fat turns into energy,” as most people think. Neither was it “fat turns into muscle.” It’s not “it is expelled through the colon,” either. So what is the answer?<\/p>\n The answer is that fat breaks down into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water. The former is expelled via exhalation and the latter\u00a0enters\u00a0your blood until it is passed out as sweat or urine.<\/p>\n Around 84 percent of fat gets turned into CO2. So burning 10 lbs of fat results in 8.4 lbs of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n The vast majority of\u00a0CO2 is expelled via our lungs.\u00a0So you exhale the\u00a0carbohydrates, almost all the fats, and most of the alcohol burned by your body.<\/p>\n A small part of protein gets turned into urea and other wastes. But most of it also\u00a0breaks down into C02 and water.<\/p>\n Dietary fiber is about the only thing that makes it to your colon intact and undigested. Everything else goes into your blood or organs. (Related:\u00a0Eat like a peasant: More vegetables are better for you (and less expensive, too).)<\/p>\n To gain a better understanding of how weight is lost or gained, you have to keep track of kilograms\u00a0in addition to the usual calories and kilojoules. Take for example Australians during 2011-2012.<\/p>\n The power of the elements: Discover Colloidal Silver Mouthwash with quality, natural ingredients like Sangre de Drago sap, black walnut hulls, menthol crystals and more. Zero artificial sweeteners, colors or alcohol. Learn more at the Health Ranger Store and help support this news site.<\/em><\/p>\n According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics<\/em>, the\u00a0average Australian consumes\u00a07.7 lbs (3.5 kg) of food and drink each day. Of that, 415 g is made up of solid macronutrients, 23\u00a0g is fiber, and water accounts for the last 6.6 lbs (3 kg).<\/p>\n What goes unrecorded is that an Australian also inhales\u00a0over 600\u00a0g of oxygen every day. So that’s actually 10.1 lbs (4.1 kg)\u00a0he or she has to eliminate in order to\u00a0avoid gaining weight.<\/p>\n So how do you go about shedding weight? You need to burn as much fat as possible.<\/p>\n To give you an idea, let’s use\u00a0the average Australian diet as an example. If you burn up the 415\u00a0g of macronutrients, you\u00a0lose 740 g of CO2, 280 g of water,\u00a0and 35 g of\u00a0urine waste products.<\/p>\n A typical person with a weight of 165 lbs (75 kg), who does no major activity, produces\u00a0590\u00a0g of\u00a0CO2\u00a0every day. This amount comes from the fat burned by the body when it is at rest, and it includes the 200 g of CO2 you generate while asleep.<\/p>\n A 165-lbs person who eats the average Australian diet ends up with a surplus of\u00a0150 g of CO2, which translates to around 82 g of unexpended fat. This excess eventually piles up into kilograms of fat.<\/p>\n If you were that person, you have to increase your metabolic rate\u00a0in order to burn up the unused fat\u00a0in your body. This can only be done through physical activity.<\/p>\n The simple act of\u00a0getting on your feet in order to change clothes will more than double your metabolic rate. If you spent 24 hours trying on your entire wardrobe, you\u00a0would have burned enough fat to produce more than 1,200 g of CO2.<\/p>\n More strenuous activities like walking, cooking, and cleaning the house effectively triple your metabolism. You can support your weight loss by switching to a diet that\u00a0reduces the amount of solid macronutrients.<\/p>\n Learn more about natural ways to lose weight\u00a0at Slender.<\/i><\/p>\n Sources include:<\/p>\n TheConversation<\/p>\n ABS.gov.au<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You wouldn’t happen to know where that fat you shed goes, would you? If you don’t, you’re not alone. According to an article in\u00a0The Conversation, 98 percent of health professionals failed to explain the process of weight loss. Out of 150 doctors, dietitians, and personal trainers surveyed, only three gave the right answer. And no,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[778,228,98,738],"class_list":{"0":"post-5807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthy","8":"tag-body","9":"tag-fat","10":"tag-lose","11":"tag-surprising"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When counting up your daily intake, add oxygen as well<\/h2>\n
Burn fat by moving your muscles<\/h2>\n