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What is the difference between fat burn, calories burn and weight loss?
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See below: calories burned dont necessarily mean that fat is being burned, the calories burned could be coming from sugar, starch or protein, Weight loss can also occur from loss of muscle mass and not necessarily from fat loss. If the goal is weight loss by loss of fat, and retaining muscle, then the calories burned have to come mostly from fat.
Answered 7/15/2015
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