If fat is stores of energy, then why aren’t fat people more energetic than skinny people?

Question

If fat is stores of energy, then why aren’t fat people more energetic than skinny people?

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Answer 1

There are 2 sources of energy we get from food.

1. Carbs
2. Fat

If you eat both carbs and fat, your body will burn the carbs and keep the fat as storage. Think of it like this as an analogy:

A hybrid car uses both gas and electric battery.

When you drive, the battery is in use and the fuel (gas) is saved – stored

When your car stops or goes over a certain speed, it uses fuel and starts recharging the battery.

Now imagine, that the fuel is not really being burned as the battery charges- but as it charges your car also fuels up. Since car is using more electric battery power, the gas over flows.

This is similar to how our body works.

You eat carbs, and fat – body stores fat while carbs being burned and used as energy. Thus, the more fats you eat while eating carbs, the more it gets stored.

So, a KETO diet is where you use only fats and your body forces itself to burn the fat you acquired, since there are no carbs- additional energy sources, you lose weight quickly.