Tag: Exercise and fat loss

According to a study published in the *British Medical Journal*, a surprising 84% of fat mass lost is exhaled as carbon dioxide. This dispels the common myth that fat is simply burned away or converted into heat, and instead answers the question of where does fat travel during weight loss.

According to a study published in the *British Medical Journal*, the vast majority of fat that is lost is exhaled as carbon dioxide. Most people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what happens to fat in your body when you burn it, assuming it is simply 'burned up' or converted directly into energy. The reality involves a complex metabolic process that converts stored fat into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.