I have some really great stuff I want to share with you in this letter. This is mainly for the person who is extremely busy and doesn’t like wasting time.

 

In order to give you this advice, I first need to go over some minor background in how the body burns fat. In previous newsletters and in my book, I’ve talked about pulse rate as it relates to energy production.

To burn fat, you need a low pulse rate between 125 and 129. When you go over that, your body starts burning sugar and less fat. It’s just the way the metabolism is designed. In addition, when you do resistance-type exercise like weight training, basketball, soccer or football, you also burn more sugar than fat. So the key to burning fat is slow pulse rate—either walking, slight jogging, mild biking, treadmill or some types of stationary bike.

 

Now that you have that, let’s take it one step further.

 

When you begin exercising, you will initially start burning sugar; then within 20 to 30 minutes, if you keep your pulse rate slow enough, you will START burning fat. SO EVERY DAY WHEN YOU BEGIN TO EXERCISE, IT TAKES 20 to 30 MINUTES BEFORE YOU BURN EVEN ONE DROP OF FAT. It’s kind of a waste of time if you add this up through the week.

 

Let’s say you exercised one hour for the next six days. Divide six hours in half and you get three. This means that you wasted three hours of no fat burning and only received three hours of fat burning. Not very efficient!

 

But let’s say you exercised only two days of the week for two hours each day. Take four hours minus one hour of sugar burning, and that’s three full hours of fat burning—you basically saved yourself two hours for the week. You start to add this up and it’s no wonder you have difficulty squeezing in exercise, especially when you see little result. By making this one change, you could save eight hours per month of wasted time.

 

And can you imagine the poor person who exercises only 40 minutes, six days per week? How much fat burning are they really getting?

 

Only one hour!

Dr. Eric Berg
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Dr. Eric Berg is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss, nutrition and pain relief. He has taught as an associate professor at Howard University. He is the developer of the Acupressure Stress Elimination Technique (ASET) and has trained hundreds of healthcare practitioners. Dr. Berg is the author of the new book The 7 Principles of Fat Burning. This information is provided as information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. No action should be taken based solely on the contents of this publication. Readers should consult competent healthcare professionals on any matter relating to their health and well-being.