limited. The average person can
store only enough glycogen to
perform about ninety minutes of
high-intensity activity. But that
same person has enough energy
stored as body fat to run twenty
marathons! Which illustrates that
fat is a much more dense and
abundant source of energy in the
body than carbohydrate. (That’s
also kind of depressing, isn’t it?
Sorry about that.)DITCH THE SUGAR, FUEL
WITH FAT
Fat is a dense and abundant source of
energy, and with time and the right eating
habits, we can create a healthy situation in
which our bodies can use fat to fuel low-
intensity activity (like hiking, gardening,