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How come the body burns much more fat when you're on a low carb diet?
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See below: Because that's the only fuel available to the body.
Answered 12/9/2012
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Fat burning metaboli: Low fat diets switch the body form a sugar burning metabolism to a fat burning metabolism.
Answered 12/16/2012
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