You must break fat before you can lose it. This is the #1 scientific principle behind weight loss that is often ignored in mainstream fitness yet it is the foundation of all weight loss related scientific literature.

We are often told to “eat less and train more”, “count calories”, “run a lot” or “diet hard”. It seems simple and it works to a certain degree, but it’s not the most efficient way. In fact, mainstream methods are painfully lacking in scientific reasoning once you dig a bit deeper and you are guaranteed to run into obstacles should you pursue an approach that ignores the biological process.

Fat breaking is known in science as Lipolysis (lipo = “fat”, Lysis = “breaking”) and it’s the process of breaking down adipose tissue and triglycerides into glycerol and free fatty acids.

Fat burning is by definition, burning down (or “oxidation”) of these free fatty acids. This is how you lose fat and this is why it’s important to know how to optimize fat breaking and fat burning to get better results.

In reality, you can’t just “burn fat” from your body. Science does recognize that you have to access the tissue (adipose tissue), break triglycerides, mobilize those fatty acids that created in the process and then (and only then), you can burn them (oxidation).