Did you know that when you sleep and are totally relaxed, your organ cells are hard at work spending energy (cellular repair, digestion, circulation…). In fact, this work typically uses about two-thirds of three-fourths the total amount of energy you spend in a day. That’s a lot of energy! The remaining energy, which is smaller, is used by your muscles during waking hours. About one-fifth of the energy the body uses when it is at rest is used by the brain. The body’s top priority is to meet the cells’ energy needs, preferably refueling by eating.
When looking to lose weight, we want to spare our lean muscle tissue and optimize fat utilization/breakdown (catabolism)!
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