Is it better to eat breakfast first or exercise first?

Nowadays, exercise is not only a fashion, but also a way for people to make their bodies healthier, and it can also help with weight loss. Although everyone can do some exercise, many people may still be confused about how and when to exercise. Today, I will introduce to you whether you should eat first or exercise first when exercising in the morning.

Generally speaking, carbohydrates are consumed as energy in the first 20 minutes of jogging. After 20 minutes, fat begins to be burned as the second energy source. Therefore, we generally believe that aerobic exercise needs to last for 20 minutes or more to have the effect of burning fat.

However, when we wake up in the morning, a lot of carbohydrates have been consumed as energy during sleep, so if we run at this time, the fat in the body can be burned immediately as the first energy source. In other words, it can shorten the time before fat burning, allowing you to lose more fat in the same running time. Many young people do morning exercises before having breakfast, which is completely fine as long as you are not feeling unwell.

It is generally recommended that the elderly or the weak eat breakfast before morning exercises to avoid hypoglycemia and symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, and nausea. However, if you do morning exercises after eating, especially brisk walking or jogging with moderate intensity, you should avoid exercising immediately after the meal, otherwise it may be harmful to the gastrointestinal tract. You should wait about an hour before exercising.

The best advice is to eat a little bit of cereal food, such as a small bowl of porridge, or a piece of bread, etc. before morning exercise, and then eat a complete breakfast after the morning exercise, including high-protein foods, vegetables and other staple foods. This can not only avoid hypoglycemia during exercise, but also avoid affecting gastrointestinal function.

Through the editor's introduction, do you understand whether you should eat first or exercise first? I hope this article by the editor can solve your doubts. If you do not feel any discomfort when exercising on an empty stomach, you can exercise first and eat later to lose weight. But don't eat immediately after strenuous exercise, as it is bad for your stomach.