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**Key Takeaways from Thomas DeLauer's Video:** 1. **Fat vs. Carb Oxidation:** - Burning fat calories is more effective for weight loss than burning carbohydrate calories, which mainly depletes glycogen stores. 2. **Impact of Overnight Fasting:** - Longer overnight fasts (16.5 hours) increase fat oxidation and decrease carb oxidation without depleting liver glycogen. This suggests fat burning occurs independently of glycogen depletion. 3. **Metabolic Health Influence:** - Metabolically healthy individuals oxidize more fat during sleep compared to overweight individuals who oxidize more carbs, indicating metabolic health affects nighttime fat burning. 4. **Dietary Strategy:** - Consuming a lean protein meal with low carbs and fats around 4 p.m. several days a week can enhance nighttime fat oxidation. 5. **Effect of Caloric Surplus:** - Overeating by just 40% can disrupt fat oxidation for up to 24 hours, with significant effects at night, and is a strong predictor of future weight gain. 6. **Practical Tips:** - Go to bed slightly hungry. - Have a protein-rich meal with fiber five to six hours before bedtime. - Avoid significant caloric surpluses, particularly those over 20%. - Improve sleep quality to enhance fat burning. 7. **Long-term Benefits:** - Consistent efforts to optimize fat oxidation at night can lead to substantial fat loss and improved metabolic health, reducing the risk of obesity.
10 minutes saved. When someone in the AI community has ChatGPT 4o analyse all of Toms videos, then creates a summary video with all the important bits, it's going to last less than a minute. Hell, could probably turn that into a song, that we can all learn.
When I did OMAD ( eating in a 1 hour window ) I lost 18 kgs / 39 lbs. I would ensure that 5 hours as an absolute minimum, would have elapsed before I went to bed, to enhance the potential of tapping fat as a fuel source. Sometimes that 5 hours was easily extended to 6 / 7 hours. Looking back and hearing this confirms that, this approach worked for me. It was trial and error to find out what would sustain me for 23 hours of not eating, a trial and error that was specific to me. Good luck in finding what works best for you.
@@Patrickt-fb5wj I sustained OMAD for 7 years - so I guess any loss would have been in that time frame. It is great for fat loss - but training and trying to build muscle is a real challenge. Something I would not recommend.
skip to 9.10min for summary. whilst I admire the info given here. I wish videos gave the summary at the start and then people can delve in further if they wish.
This is actually huge for time restrictive eating or intermittent fasting because if you're window is say close to bed you could be undoing a lot good done by fasting in the first place, let your sleep do the heavy lifting.
I've been doing this for about 9 months. Lost 54 lbs so far. Didn't see any study or anything. Just did my own testing and kept track of things. You'd be surprised how much fat you burn while sleeping. Your body uses a lot of energy while you sleep.
I use UA-cam's automatic translator for your clips and I translate them into my language. I benefit from you a lot. I am a really useful man, and UA-cam is a great service to us.
Andy Galpin opened my eyes that fat loss occurs with breathing particularly with exhaling. Hence first fixing sleep apnea through diet and exercise is also key.
I weigh myself every night and morning, and document what I ate for dinner the night before, and how much I weigh the morning after. My best results are from eating steak for dinner with nothing else with it.
@@TyphanyGarcia I used to go hard carnivore, but nowadays I eat some of my wife's homemade sourdough and I do have honey with the raw goats milk we produce.
Eat 6 hrs before you sleep. Sleep for about 8 hrs. Hold on...6+8 = 14 hrs of no eating. I swear this is near intermittent fasting. My problem is that I work a 9 to 5 schedule and dinner is ready usually by 7 pm.
I meal prep on weekends so all I have to do is heat up some protein and carbs for dinner. I still don't eat before 6:00 (at the earliest) because of drive time. I'm a nurse. I can just stop and eat dinner at work at 4:00 pm.
I work until 18:30 and have found it impossible to shift my dinner earlier. Eating dinner at 20:00 or later has become the norm, and I wish someone could offer practical solutions for ppl in the same situation as me, who want to maintain healthy weight but eating earlier is not an option.
This topic never ceases to amaze me. If you burn 'carbs' rather than 'fat', you've still burned energy. Your body will always seek homeostasis, so if you burned 'carbs' your body will then convert some of its stored fat to glycogen to replenish the depleted muscle/liver stores. The end result is the same. Stop overcomplicating things.
No because by the time your body has a chance to convert anything you already woke up and broke the fast in the morning, went back to storing mode before you could use any fat or never left it (Talking about a standard diet). If you ate before bed and then in the morning, you never depleted anything and your body has no reason to use fat.
Thank you Thomas for shedding light on nighttime metabolism. I just came off of a Ray Peat bender (gained 25 lbs) and it kept bugging me how they emphasize how stressful the fat burning state is for the body. I feel so much better on a lower carb regimen and after implementing your suggested dinner skipping my weight is finally coming back off AND I'm sleeping much better. I mean, if your liver is flush with glycogen because of the fat burning I would think the body would not see that as a "stress".
9:18 "Go to bed a lttile bit hungry" For me this is the hardest part ! Doesn't matter calorie surplus or deficit can not go to bed with hunger ! I know mnostly just in my brain, but......................
This sounds similar to LISS and fat loss. It seems like the body goes after fat for energy when the body is at a low expenditure of....energy? When we are not moving much but we need fuel, fat is burned. When we are moving fast and we have accelerated heart rate, we use glycogen stores.
I can’t sleep when I go to bed hungry. I just stay awake tossing and turning. No sleep or maybe 1 or 2 hours then my day is totally ruined, exhausted, no energy brain fog.
Me too but on the rare occasions it does happen and I manage to fall asleep I see the benefits right away so I think I'm going to train my body to understand it is ok to not go to bed stuffed lol.
Slightly hungry not starving....eat protein chicken eggs ect a few hours before and stop thinking about eating find something else to do and shower before bed you should sleep a lot better find something boring to listen to lol get rid of socials too much food content less sugar the sugar the more you'll realize how overly sweet everything is even bread😢!!!!
That's what I've been doing lately. I eat a ketovore/carnivore diet and around 4pm have my last meal which is high protein, 0 carb. First meal around 11am the next day again high protein but a few carbs from cottage cheese.
History and evolution would seem to support this concept too. The body using fat storage to keep glycogen reserves topped off at all times, thereby keeping the body and mind fueled in times of intense activity (such as hunting for food, food scraps, or even foraging in difficult to reach areas of the wilderness). The human biochemistry continues to fascinate me daily!
Surely insulin levels are at the core of all this. Adipose tissue won't release fatty acids to burn unless insulin is low. Being in a caloric surplus, especially with carbs, will mean the body is trying to store the excess, hence higher insulin and lower fat burning.
if insulin were really that important, it would be impossible to gain weight on a high-fat, low-carb diet. but it's not. and the reason is that insulin is less important than people think. if you were to eat fat instead of carbs, you'd have less insulin but you'd have a lot of fatty acids in your bloodstream, which means the body wouldn't have to tap its own fat storages either
@@Kit-kk9cb that is true. Avoiding overeating is still important. Insulin levels are involved in a lot more than getting glucose and fatty acids out of the blood stream and into cells. Eating LCHF/keto is useful to start reversing a metabolic crisis quickly. It's harder to over-eat because protein and fat is more satiating and it gives your body a chance to bring insulin down and take care of all the other processes that can't happen properly when insulin is elevated (various hormonal roles of adipose tissue etc). So, a combination of LCHF and intermittent fasting can be great if someone is not insulin sensitive and can't budge unwanted weight. It doesn't stop someone overeating and being hypercaloric if they really want to but it does help quickly when nothing else has worked. I guess the big point is that fat stored in fat cells (subcutaneous or visceral) cannot and will not be released while insulin is high. Prof Ben Bikman has some excellent presentations about this.
*Key Takeaways from Thomas DeLauer's Video:* 1. *Fat vs. Carb Oxidation:* - Burning fat calories is more effective for weight loss than burning carbohydrate calories, which mainly depletes glycogen stores. 2. *Impact of Overnight Fasting:* - Longer overnight fasts (16.5 hours) increase fat oxidation and decrease carb oxidation without depleting liver glycogen. This suggests fat burning occurs independently of glycogen depletion. 3. *Metabolic Health Influence:* - Metabolically healthy individuals oxidize more fat during sleep compared to overweight individuals who oxidize more carbs, indicating metabolic health affects nighttime fat burning. 4. *Dietary Strategy:* - Consuming a lean protein meal with low carbs and fats around 4 p.m. several days a week can enhance nighttime fat oxidation. 5. *Effect of Caloric Surplus:* - Overeating by just 40% can disrupt fat oxidation for up to 24 hours, with significant effects at night, and is a strong predictor of future weight gain. 6. *Practical Tips:* - Go to bed slightly hungry. - Have a protein-rich meal with fiber five to six hours before bedtime. - Avoid significant caloric surpluses, particularly those over 20%. - Improve sleep quality to enhance fat burning. 7. *Long-term Benefits:* - Consistent efforts to optimize fat oxidation at night can lead to substantial fat loss and improved metabolic health, reducing the risk of obesity.
Hands up who wishes it was easier to skip dinner than breakfast?! 🙋♂️. I'd like to know if I'd burn more fat at night going to bed hungrier than I would doing my fasted cardio in the morning and eating around mid-day?! 🤷♂️. I will say that according to my Oura ring, my HR and body temp are lower and HRV is higher at night the more fasted/keto I am before bed! It's just so hard to do!
Your body gets hungry at the same time every day if you eat at that time every day. Once you start cutting out a meal you quickly adapt and stop getting hungry at that time.
Due to other obligations and family members eating patterns it's easier to skip breakfast and eat an early dinner. I would love to try skipping dinner and eat at 2pm but preparing dinner is a big temptation. I've done it on rare occasion when circumstances allow. ❤
I used to think the exact same thing.. But my wife and I both work from home so it was easy for us to try eating a small meal at 10 and a main meal around 3 'ish. We found that we weren't hungry in the evenings at all and after a couple of days adjusting to it we find we now prefer it that way. That being said we are lucky. Logistically it is not so easy for people who go out to work or has family that aren't able/willing to do that. :)
It’s possible to use an overnight data to determine fat oxidation. While heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) can provide some insights into your overall metabolic state and autonomic nervous system balance, they are not direct measures of fat oxidation. However, certain patterns in HR and HRV might suggest shifts in your metabolism that could be related to fat oxidation. Here are a few points to consider: 1. **Resting Heart Rate (RHR):** A lower resting heart rate is often associated with better cardiovascular fitness and a higher likelihood of efficient fat metabolism. However, it doesn't directly indicate fat oxidation at night. 2. **Heart Rate Variability (HRV):** HRV reflects the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Higher HRV generally indicates better autonomic function and a more relaxed state, which can be associated with a higher rate of fat oxidation. Again, this is an indirect measure. 3. **Nighttime HR and HRV Trends:** During sleep, a lower heart rate and higher HRV typically indicate a state of recovery and parasympathetic dominance, which might be associated with increased fat oxidation. However, this is still not a direct measure. For direct assessment of fat oxidation, other methods like respiratory quotient (RQ) measurement through indirect calorimetry or analyzing specific biomarkers in blood or breath would be needed. Wearable devices and fitness trackers often provide data on HR and HRV, but interpreting these in terms of fat oxidation requires careful consideration and is not straightforward. In summary, while HR and HRV can provide some clues about your metabolic state, they are not precise indicators of nighttime fat oxidation. For accurate measurement, more specific metabolic assessments are required.
Something I realized in this journey. When I started to reintroduce simple carbs back into my eating routine. I started sleeping like a rock. I mean, 8+ hrs, not even moving, not getting up to pee, not turning over. Dead sleep! But seems now the more restrictive I am on carbs, the less deep sleep I achieve. Now I never have a problem falling asleep and do sleep through the night occasionally. But literally if I have some simple carbs, maybe even a sweet treat 3-4hrs ahead of sleep, I crash the entire night. 🤷🏼♂️
I wish! I take melatonin gummies just to get 4 hrs straight my max ,, gotta pee because of my water 💧 intake, which has made my skin look and feel absolutely amazing 🤩
In 100 years from now no one in this chat will be Alive. Some one will be living in the house you built or paid for. Driving your car or a car recycled from your car. But they won’t drink your beer. They won’t eat your pizza. They won’t smoke your cigar. You enjoy your pizza and beer. And love your life.
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ TEAM DELAUER ... I've been curious about fat vs carb oxidation during sleep for months. Q: Wouldn't this method also help eliminate nocturia ❓️
It was difficult and it took me to midnight to sleep. My last meal at two was straight up protein. Walking is my exercise. Weighed at 143.6 at night. This morning 141.6 lbs😮. Wanted to sleep in and my non-existent muscles hurt but it was nice. Going for under 140 at least 139 just to give me that hell yeah🎉
Thank you for all the content! I’m just confused because I feel like this contradicts one of your recent videos about eating protein before bed to increase muscle growth. Less muscle -> burn less calories. So are you no longer drinking protein shake before bed?
Gabrielle Lyon says that eating at least 30-50 g of protein at each meal of the day to stimulate muscle protein synthesis to maintain or build muscle. Then resistance train each day to further stimulate optimally. Resistance training further stimulates. If you don't resistance train, fat remains in the muscle (like marbling in a wagyu steak, which is not optimal). This protocol is supposedly especially true for people over 50 who need to maintain or build muscle (avoid sarcopenia). Ideally, 1g protein (preferably animal source because it contains the same nutrient profile as humans) per pound of target body weight per day. So for a person with target weight of 130 pounds: . 1st meal of the day: 30-50g protein Ex: 40g . 2nd meal of the day: 30-50g protein Ex: 40g . 3rd meal of the day: 30-50g protein Ex: 50g Thomas says to get the last meal by 4pm or so to optimize fat burning overnight. So Thomas - do you concur with Dr Lyon on her recommendations?
When I used omad and keto to lose 145lbs I would eat before bed. If I got a good 8 hours sleep during the night I lost weight every single night at a rate of almost a pound a day. If I got 6 hours of sleep or less then weight loss completely stalled. Between 6-8 hours of sleep there was still weight loss but at a much reduced rate. QUALITY sleep is a MAJOR factor in losing weight. It was the single most important factor other than staying in ketosis and only eating one meal a day. Exercise was walking every day and resistance training every other day and that's continued but I no longer am in keto nor do I practice omad anymore since my resistance training has majorly increased and keto and omad are not sustainable on my current regimen
I'm a nurse. If someone at work clocked out for dinner at 4:00, they would get not so nice email from management/HR. Lol Some of us are out here grinding 50+ hours a week with a 30-60 minute drive tacked on before and after our work hours. I'm sure this video shares some good advice. Sadly, not practical for a lot of people. Maybe do a video where you shadow a nurse, construction worker, retail worker, warehouse worker, mechanic, fireman, EMT, police officer, etc. Add on drive time and family obligations too. Meal timing is out the window.
This comment makes no sense, it's like if I was commenting on a gardening video "I can't take care of the plants being at work 50 hours a week !" In all the jobs you mentioned people have to walk A LOT, if you're still fat doing those jobs you need to seriously look into your diet and stop wondering about a fasting schedule.
@@farouche8670 Well then, you've simply missed the point of my comment dear. It wasn't about being fat. I'm not fat. Very fit as a matter of fact. The comment was about meal timing. I manage to be a nurse and a personal trainer and stay fit with a not so perfect eating schedule.
Awesome. I have very low carb diet but have always been really skinny and want to gain weight. So If I have the occasional Huge meal before bed I should gain weight then ?
Bro can you make a video about the diet for physically hard working people ? The problem is I do metal polishing and I only put strain on my forearms and they get tight like rock during work and in the night I get numbness during sleep..can you please tell me what can I do for good recovery?
Here's my 2 cents. Are you counterbalancing the gripping and bent over position you're in for hours and hours at work with opposing movement? Using a splayed open hand in the handles for resistance bands is good stimulus for the extensors (opposing muscles) of the wrist. Flys, again with bands rather than gripping dumbbells will begin to stimulate the extensor of the back and shoulders. These are just examples. I've been a massage therapist for 37 yrs, so I first hand (lol) experience balancing the overuse patterns that develop doing physical work, especially.
Definitely! Low fat diet high carbohydrates is the best for consuming the most amount of oxygen which is how fat is burnt, it takes 3kg of oxygen to burn 1kg of body fat! Carbs FTW!! 💪💪💪
It's impossible for me to fall asleep when I am hungry. I mean IMPOSSIBLE. No matter what I do, read, close my eyes, etc.....I'm just wide awake hour after hour after hour.
Might sound stupid, but are you tired? If not sleeping is difficult. For the hunger part. Since having done keto for 2 a 3 weeks, to change my carb dependancy, my relation with hunger changed. From I have to eat to I could eat but dont have to. And now hunger it is not distracting anymore. Current diet style is keto during the day, dinner and evening or social event can be what ever aslong as I get enough protein.
Consuming Casein around dinner time will help you stay fuller for longer so you can go to bed further away from dinner without the hunger and Casein protein can digest while you sleep while actually helping you sleep better
What you were saying early in the video about burning carbs vs fat is why I get so frustrated when ppl say that it doesn't matter where the cals come from, they are all that matter. It's like, no. Carbs raise insulin, and when your insulin is elevated during that time it very much inhibits your ability to burn your body fat. This is a biological fact yet ppl still argue it. Insulin is called the 'fat storing hormone' for a damn good reason lol.
Wow this is so basic but intriguing! So i have to be METABOLICALLY HEALTHY before wanting to lose weight! and then IF(8 to 4 eating window)could be one way to get it. Did i get it right?
I've been doing omad for about 6 weeks and lost 20 pounds so far. I just started to eat 2 hard boiled eggs 4 hours before I sleep to see if I notice any difference.
was wondering if overnight / in rest muscle and liver glycogen is being "resorted" from fat reserves. That sound like how in nature this mechanism should work. to get the fast / intense energie Replenished this way.
I would get those oxygen machines. More Oxygen means that the body can burn a greater ratio from fat. (carbs have oxygen as part of the chemistry, so they burn in unerobic metabolism better.)
Depends. No one answer. Everyone is fasting during the 8 to 10 hours of sleep. Also depends what you eat and how much you eat when you have a meal. Age, race, sleep quality, activity levels, hydration, nutrition, sex life, happiness levels, stress levels, past health history and present health status ALL matter.
If your diet is exactly the same through the day, it makes no difference at all, it all leads back to deficit vs surplus. It’s similar to fasted cardio vs fed cardio. Sure your body might turn to fat stores and burn more fat during your fasted cardio, but by using glycogen in fed state cardio you’ll instead turn to fat stores through the day, it evens out.
Before bed, I drink a mixture of milk that expired a month ago, urine from my last hangover and pickle brine. Then during the night, I vomit profusely. By morning I've lost 10 lbs. and have shredded abs. I call my concoction "The Reverse Lizzo."
in the first study, they did not study "people". They used young men in the study. This is very different than post menopausal women.The next studies, I didn't see if it was men or women. I'll give it a try but I know that lots of women need high fat/ low to no carb in order to balance hormones and to sleep well.
Really interesting. But just to play Devil’s Advocate Bro, Individual differences in overall cotisol levels whether associated with overtraining, excessive mental stress and associated sleep deprivation, I suspect could throw this for a loop. On a somewhat unrelated note, I believe those with rhe highest nighttime cortisol levels vs those with lower night time vs day time levels may be at far increased risk of CVD and associated metabolic disease. Just something to ponder.
The problem is I don't have an appetite when I wake-up and at least 3-4 afterwards and those rare days I do eat early I still will eat lunch. I generally eat my meals from around 8-9 hours time frame.
Does a matter if you burn carbs or fat or protein at night? It matters who burns more calories because at the end of the day that's all that's going to matter
That’s the only way of losing weight. The difference is that you have to choose your nutrients as there are empty calories and there are nutritious calories. If you eat junk food, even if you lose weight, you’ll just get sick. Whereas if you were to eat a healthy diet, you’d lose weight and become healthier
Well, my problem is I use a sleep monitor, and I wake up over 20 times a night. Even if for a few minutes it has to be cutting into my fat burning ability. I eat almost to the tee what you are describing. Protein load 5-6 before bedtime coincidently. Going to bed hungry some.
Here’s my newest FREE Meal Plan (High Protein Mediterranean with some Intermittent Fasting)- thomasdelauer.com/MediterraneanFasting/ Please enjoy it as a thank-you for subscribing to my channel and my newsletter!
Can people ask you questions
**Key Takeaways from Thomas DeLauer's Video:**
1. **Fat vs. Carb Oxidation:**
- Burning fat calories is more effective for weight loss than burning carbohydrate calories, which mainly depletes glycogen stores.
2. **Impact of Overnight Fasting:**
- Longer overnight fasts (16.5 hours) increase fat oxidation and decrease carb oxidation without depleting liver glycogen. This suggests fat burning occurs independently of glycogen depletion.
3. **Metabolic Health Influence:**
- Metabolically healthy individuals oxidize more fat during sleep compared to overweight individuals who oxidize more carbs, indicating metabolic health affects nighttime fat burning.
4. **Dietary Strategy:**
- Consuming a lean protein meal with low carbs and fats around 4 p.m. several days a week can enhance nighttime fat oxidation.
5. **Effect of Caloric Surplus:**
- Overeating by just 40% can disrupt fat oxidation for up to 24 hours, with significant effects at night, and is a strong predictor of future weight gain.
6. **Practical Tips:**
- Go to bed slightly hungry.
- Have a protein-rich meal with fiber five to six hours before bedtime.
- Avoid significant caloric surpluses, particularly those over 20%.
- Improve sleep quality to enhance fat burning.
7. **Long-term Benefits:**
- Consistent efforts to optimize fat oxidation at night can lead to substantial fat loss and improved metabolic health, reducing the risk of obesity.
Thank you. Didn’t have time to hear unnecessary details
You, sir, are a saint.
Thanks
Thanks
Thanks gpt!
Go to bed hungry, have protein 5-6 hours before bed, work out.
10 minutes saved. When someone in the AI community has ChatGPT 4o analyse all of Toms videos, then creates a summary video with all the important bits, it's going to last less than a minute. Hell, could probably turn that into a song, that we can all learn.
How do you sleep tho if you’re hungry
@@TheGeneral66235 sets of 10 “Not Being A Bitches” before bed
we are all weak minded the more you do some thing your uncomfortable whit the more comfortable you get whit it @@TheGeneral6623
@@TheGeneral6623 you'll get used to it, im doing 16 by 8 for 2 years now, sometimes for longer and i had no problems with building muscle or sleep
When I did OMAD ( eating in a 1 hour window ) I lost 18 kgs / 39 lbs.
I would ensure that 5 hours as an absolute minimum, would have elapsed before I went to bed, to enhance the potential of tapping fat as a fuel source. Sometimes that 5 hours was easily extended to 6 / 7 hours.
Looking back and hearing this confirms that, this approach worked for me.
It was trial and error to find out what would sustain me for 23 hours of not eating, a trial and error that was specific to me.
Good luck in finding what works best for you.
Good comment, how long did it take you to lose that 39 lbs. ?
@@Patrickt-fb5wj I sustained OMAD for 7 years - so I guess any loss would have been in that time frame.
It is great for fat loss - but training and trying to build muscle is a real challenge.
Something I would not recommend.
@@Patrickt-fb5wjshould the timeframe matter? I mean to see weight being lost would be such a victory anyway.
I clicked because of the boba drink 😂
Lol same 🤣
Me too!
I did as well. I’m such a big back 😆
There was not one mention of boba drank 😂😂😂😫
Same 😊
skip to 9.10min for summary. whilst I admire the info given here. I wish videos gave the summary at the start and then people can delve in further if they wish.
Thank you!
Thank you... Thomas tends to make his videos longer than they really need to be.
Gotta make that ad money
Thanks bro
This is actually huge for time restrictive eating or intermittent fasting because if you're window is say close to bed you could be undoing a lot good done by fasting in the first place, let your sleep do the heavy lifting.
I've been doing this for about 9 months. Lost 54 lbs so far. Didn't see any study or anything. Just did my own testing and kept track of things. You'd be surprised how much fat you burn while sleeping. Your body uses a lot of energy while you sleep.
I use UA-cam's automatic translator for your clips and I translate them into my language. I benefit from you a lot. I am a really useful man, and UA-cam is a great service to us.
2 hours of very vigorous exercise in the bed before sleep!
Absolutely right 😅
Mmmmmmm ugghhhhh need it sweatyyyyyyy
But won't that reduce the symmetry in my arms?
@@TheDandonian God gave us two hands for a reason.
@@TheDandonianHá. .... .... Who i am fooling... Same here.
I started watching this yesterday but fell asleep. Glad it popped up again.
Andy Galpin opened my eyes that fat loss occurs with breathing particularly with exhaling. Hence first fixing sleep apnea through diet and exercise is also key.
I weigh myself every night and morning, and document what I ate for dinner the night before, and how much I weigh the morning after. My best results are from eating steak for dinner with nothing else with it.
Carnivore diet?❓
@@TyphanyGarcia I used to go hard carnivore, but nowadays I eat some of my wife's homemade sourdough and I do have honey with the raw goats milk we produce.
This is SO HELPFUL. Thank you, I struggle.
Eat 6 hrs before you sleep.
Sleep for about 8 hrs.
Hold on...6+8 = 14 hrs of no eating. I swear this is near intermittent fasting. My problem is that I work a 9 to 5 schedule and dinner is ready usually by 7 pm.
Agreed. Eating around 4 is not an option for a majority of people. I also work till 5. After the drive home and making dinner, we eat between 6:30-7.
It might help to use the crock pot, so dinner is ready when you get home.
I meal prep on weekends so all I have to do is heat up some protein and carbs for dinner. I still don't eat before 6:00 (at the earliest) because of drive time. I'm a nurse. I can just stop and eat dinner at work at 4:00 pm.
I work until 18:30 and have found it impossible to shift my dinner earlier. Eating dinner at 20:00 or later has become the norm, and I wish someone could offer practical solutions for ppl in the same situation as me, who want to maintain healthy weight but eating earlier is not an option.
Exactly, there's a reason why they call it a 9-5. Most people work during those hours and it's impossible to eat a large meal during that time.
This topic never ceases to amaze me.
If you burn 'carbs' rather than 'fat', you've still burned energy. Your body will always seek homeostasis, so if you burned 'carbs' your body will then convert some of its stored fat to glycogen to replenish the depleted muscle/liver stores. The end result is the same.
Stop overcomplicating things.
Agreed 👍
i think the same way
Cannot convert bodyfat to glucose
@@indigo7387gluconeogenesis.
No because by the time your body has a chance to convert anything you already woke up and broke the fast in the morning, went back to storing mode before you could use any fat or never left it (Talking about a standard diet). If you ate before bed and then in the morning, you never depleted anything and your body has no reason to use fat.
Thanks for the practical advice!
excellent input, Thomas...these tips with a 16:8 intermittent fast could be a powerful combo for major fat loss
Thank you Thomas for shedding light on nighttime metabolism. I just came off of a Ray Peat bender (gained 25 lbs) and it kept bugging me how they emphasize how stressful the fat burning state is for the body. I feel so much better on a lower carb regimen and after implementing your suggested dinner skipping my weight is finally coming back off AND I'm sleeping much better. I mean, if your liver is flush with glycogen because of the fat burning I would think the body would not see that as a "stress".
9:18
"Go to bed a lttile bit hungry"
For me this is the hardest part ! Doesn't matter calorie surplus or deficit can not go to bed with hunger ! I know mnostly just in my brain, but......................
Whey protein/casein mix shake to the rescue.
This sounds similar to LISS and fat loss. It seems like the body goes after fat for energy when the body is at a low expenditure of....energy? When we are not moving much but we need fuel, fat is burned. When we are moving fast and we have accelerated heart rate, we use glycogen stores.
That’s why walking aids in fat burning
FREE FAT LOSS! Yes please. Thanks Thomas!
What do you think about taking one tablespoon of olive oil before bed?
I can’t sleep when I go to bed hungry. I just stay awake tossing and turning. No sleep or maybe 1 or 2 hours then my day is totally ruined, exhausted, no energy brain fog.
Have you tried pushing through it? After a couple of days it gets to be rather easy.
Me too but on the rare occasions it does happen and I manage to fall asleep I see the benefits right away so I think I'm going to train my body to understand it is ok to not go to bed stuffed lol.
Slightly hungry not starving....eat protein chicken eggs ect a few hours before and stop thinking about eating find something else to do and shower before bed you should sleep a lot better find something boring to listen to lol get rid of socials too much food content less sugar the sugar the more you'll realize how overly sweet everything is even bread😢!!!!
I'm more interested to know how they measured the liver's glycogen level. it's not like there is a guage somewhere right?
That's what I've been doing lately. I eat a ketovore/carnivore diet and around 4pm have my last meal which is high protein, 0 carb. First meal around 11am the next day again high protein but a few carbs from cottage cheese.
Free fat loss, LOVE it!! Great video, thank you!
History and evolution would seem to support this concept too. The body using fat storage to keep glycogen reserves topped off at all times, thereby keeping the body and mind fueled in times of intense activity (such as hunting for food, food scraps, or even foraging in difficult to reach areas of the wilderness).
The human biochemistry continues to fascinate me daily!
Surely insulin levels are at the core of all this. Adipose tissue won't release fatty acids to burn unless insulin is low. Being in a caloric surplus, especially with carbs, will mean the body is trying to store the excess, hence higher insulin and lower fat burning.
if insulin were really that important, it would be impossible to gain weight on a high-fat, low-carb diet. but it's not. and the reason is that insulin is less important than people think. if you were to eat fat instead of carbs, you'd have less insulin but you'd have a lot of fatty acids in your bloodstream, which means the body wouldn't have to tap its own fat storages either
@@Kit-kk9cb that is true. Avoiding overeating is still important. Insulin levels are involved in a lot more than getting glucose and fatty acids out of the blood stream and into cells.
Eating LCHF/keto is useful to start reversing a metabolic crisis quickly. It's harder to over-eat because protein and fat is more satiating and it gives your body a chance to bring insulin down and take care of all the other processes that can't happen properly when insulin is elevated (various hormonal roles of adipose tissue etc).
So, a combination of LCHF and intermittent fasting can be great if someone is not insulin sensitive and can't budge unwanted weight.
It doesn't stop someone overeating and being hypercaloric if they really want to but it does help quickly when nothing else has worked. I guess the big point is that fat stored in fat cells (subcutaneous or visceral) cannot and will not be released while insulin is high. Prof Ben Bikman has some excellent presentations about this.
This one was a really good one thank you
Great video…thanks Thomas 👍🏽
I'd like to see a study where you eat breakfast then fast the rest of the day. Does this change oxidation?
*Key Takeaways from Thomas DeLauer's Video:*
1. *Fat vs. Carb Oxidation:*
- Burning fat calories is more effective for weight loss than burning carbohydrate calories, which mainly depletes glycogen stores.
2. *Impact of Overnight Fasting:*
- Longer overnight fasts (16.5 hours) increase fat oxidation and decrease carb oxidation without depleting liver glycogen. This suggests fat burning occurs independently of glycogen depletion.
3. *Metabolic Health Influence:*
- Metabolically healthy individuals oxidize more fat during sleep compared to overweight individuals who oxidize more carbs, indicating metabolic health affects nighttime fat burning.
4. *Dietary Strategy:*
- Consuming a lean protein meal with low carbs and fats around 4 p.m. several days a week can enhance nighttime fat oxidation.
5. *Effect of Caloric Surplus:*
- Overeating by just 40% can disrupt fat oxidation for up to 24 hours, with significant effects at night, and is a strong predictor of future weight gain.
6. *Practical Tips:*
- Go to bed slightly hungry.
- Have a protein-rich meal with fiber five to six hours before bedtime.
- Avoid significant caloric surpluses, particularly those over 20%.
- Improve sleep quality to enhance fat burning.
7. *Long-term Benefits:*
- Consistent efforts to optimize fat oxidation at night can lead to substantial fat loss and improved metabolic health, reducing the risk of obesity.
What ground breaking advice. Go to bed hungry. WOW I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT THANKS!!
YOURE A GENIUS TOM!! YIPPPEEEEEEE
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Were you able to have fulfilling sleep when your kids were growing out of their toddler stages?
good video thanks
Hands up who wishes it was easier to skip dinner than breakfast?! 🙋♂️. I'd like to know if I'd burn more fat at night going to bed hungrier than I would doing my fasted cardio in the morning and eating around mid-day?! 🤷♂️. I will say that according to my Oura ring, my HR and body temp are lower and HRV is higher at night the more fasted/keto I am before bed! It's just so hard to do!
Your body gets hungry at the same time every day if you eat at that time every day. Once you start cutting out a meal you quickly adapt and stop getting hungry at that time.
Due to other obligations and family members eating patterns it's easier to skip breakfast and eat an early dinner. I would love to try skipping dinner and eat at 2pm but preparing dinner is a big temptation. I've done it on rare occasion when circumstances allow. ❤
I used to think the exact same thing.. But my wife and I both work from home so it was easy for us to try eating a small meal at 10 and a main meal around 3 'ish. We found that we weren't hungry in the evenings at all and after a couple of days adjusting to it we find we now prefer it that way. That being said we are lucky. Logistically it is not so easy for people who go out to work or has family that aren't able/willing to do that. :)
Thanks a million, greetings from Egypt ❤
I recently had to cut out all carbs due to an autoimmune condition. How does that affect fat burning if my body only has animal proteins to utilize?
It’s possible to use an overnight data to determine fat oxidation. While heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) can provide some insights into your overall metabolic state and autonomic nervous system balance, they are not direct measures of fat oxidation. However, certain patterns in HR and HRV might suggest shifts in your metabolism that could be related to fat oxidation. Here are a few points to consider:
1. **Resting Heart Rate (RHR):** A lower resting heart rate is often associated with better cardiovascular fitness and a higher likelihood of efficient fat metabolism. However, it doesn't directly indicate fat oxidation at night.
2. **Heart Rate Variability (HRV):** HRV reflects the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Higher HRV generally indicates better autonomic function and a more relaxed state, which can be associated with a higher rate of fat oxidation. Again, this is an indirect measure.
3. **Nighttime HR and HRV Trends:** During sleep, a lower heart rate and higher HRV typically indicate a state of recovery and parasympathetic dominance, which might be associated with increased fat oxidation. However, this is still not a direct measure.
For direct assessment of fat oxidation, other methods like respiratory quotient (RQ) measurement through indirect calorimetry or analyzing specific biomarkers in blood or breath would be needed. Wearable devices and fitness trackers often provide data on HR and HRV, but interpreting these in terms of fat oxidation requires careful consideration and is not straightforward.
In summary, while HR and HRV can provide some clues about your metabolic state, they are not precise indicators of nighttime fat oxidation. For accurate measurement, more specific metabolic assessments are required.
So you use ChatGPT for your comments?
Something I realized in this journey. When I started to reintroduce simple carbs back into my eating routine. I started sleeping like a rock. I mean, 8+ hrs, not even moving, not getting up to pee, not turning over. Dead sleep! But seems now the more restrictive I am on carbs, the less deep sleep I achieve. Now I never have a problem falling asleep and do sleep through the night occasionally. But literally if I have some simple carbs, maybe even a sweet treat 3-4hrs ahead of sleep, I crash the entire night. 🤷🏼♂️
This is one of the reasons I let keto go. My sleep is way better for it and I am therefore a lot leaner now without trying as hard
I wish! I take melatonin gummies just to get 4 hrs straight my max ,, gotta pee because of my water 💧 intake, which has made my skin look and feel absolutely amazing 🤩
Carbs assist tryptophan in entering the brain which helps sleep. It's not the turkey that makes you sleepy, it's the apple pie😅.
@@jeannek9738 lol
Can I eat chewing gum closer to bed or will it cause a spike insulin that would disrupt fat burning?
I'm overwhelmed after years of 'research'. goin back to pizza n beer....and dying young and happy!!
Unless you choke on an anchovy.
In 100 years from now no one in this chat will be Alive. Some one will be living in the house you built or paid for. Driving your car or a car recycled from your car.
But they won’t drink your beer. They won’t eat your pizza. They won’t smoke your cigar. You enjoy your pizza and beer. And love your life.
You will be dying in a mobility scooter after living a long time with an epicly low quality of life. But you do you ;)
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ TEAM DELAUER ... I've been curious about fat vs carb oxidation during sleep for months.
Q: Wouldn't this method also help eliminate nocturia ❓️
Pls talk about boba tea
Eat six tacos right before bed. Got it!
Tacos my favorite food ❤
Good luck!
thanks, I knew I could save time by going right to the comments. 6 tacos it is!
Will do !
Thomas worst nightmare 😱
It was difficult and it took me to midnight to sleep. My last meal at two was straight up protein. Walking is my exercise. Weighed at 143.6 at night. This morning 141.6 lbs😮. Wanted to sleep in and my non-existent muscles hurt but it was nice. Going for under 140 at least 139 just to give me that hell yeah🎉
So helpful! Does this mean using cpap machine will help ?
What if you are on the carnivore or keto diets? Low to no carb to begin with. Same still applies?
Thank you for all the content! I’m just confused because I feel like this contradicts one of your recent videos about eating protein before bed to increase muscle growth. Less muscle -> burn less calories. So are you no longer drinking protein shake before bed?
Yeah, I was thinking the same...
You answered your own question. The protein shake before bed is to grow muscle. Fasting before bed is to burn fat.
This makes sense, thank you.
I love your information!!! Thanks for all the hard work. How do I get my 200+ grams of protein in and have a 16 hour fast?
So how your body will recover from workout that day after eating 6 hours prior bed time?
Gabrielle Lyon says that eating at least 30-50 g of protein at each meal of the day to stimulate muscle protein synthesis to maintain or build muscle.
Then resistance train each day to further stimulate optimally.
Resistance training further stimulates.
If you don't resistance train, fat remains in the muscle (like marbling in a wagyu steak, which is not optimal).
This protocol is supposedly especially true for people over 50 who need to maintain or build muscle (avoid sarcopenia).
Ideally, 1g protein (preferably animal source because it contains the same nutrient profile as humans) per pound of target body weight per day.
So for a person with target weight of 130 pounds:
. 1st meal of the day: 30-50g protein
Ex: 40g
. 2nd meal of the day: 30-50g protein
Ex: 40g
. 3rd meal of the day: 30-50g protein
Ex: 50g
Thomas says to get the last meal by 4pm or so to optimize fat burning overnight.
So Thomas - do you concur with Dr Lyon on her recommendations?
What difference does it make if I burn a 100 calories of fat or a 100 calories of carbs at night? It's the same thing
When I used omad and keto to lose 145lbs I would eat before bed. If I got a good 8 hours sleep during the night I lost weight every single night at a rate of almost a pound a day. If I got 6 hours of sleep or less then weight loss completely stalled. Between 6-8 hours of sleep there was still weight loss but at a much reduced rate. QUALITY sleep is a MAJOR factor in losing weight. It was the single most important factor other than staying in ketosis and only eating one meal a day. Exercise was walking every day and resistance training every other day and that's continued but I no longer am in keto nor do I practice omad anymore since my resistance training has majorly increased and keto and omad are not sustainable on my current regimen
Hey Bro.
Can you do a video to help skinny guys like me gain a little weight whilst maintaining a low carb diet?🤔
does having casein protein before bed or coffee in the morning count as fasting?
I'm a nurse. If someone at work clocked out for dinner at 4:00, they would get not so nice email from management/HR. Lol Some of us are out here grinding 50+ hours a week with a 30-60 minute drive tacked on before and after our work hours. I'm sure this video shares some good advice. Sadly, not practical for a lot of people. Maybe do a video where you shadow a nurse, construction worker, retail worker, warehouse worker, mechanic, fireman, EMT, police officer, etc. Add on drive time and family obligations too. Meal timing is out the window.
Amen!
These videos are for unemployed people with unlimited disposable income.
Or UA-camrs and professional athletes
This comment makes no sense, it's like if I was commenting on a gardening video "I can't take care of the plants being at work 50 hours a week !"
In all the jobs you mentioned people have to walk A LOT, if you're still fat doing those jobs you need to seriously look into your diet and stop wondering about a fasting schedule.
@@farouche8670 Well then, you've simply missed the point of my comment dear. It wasn't about being fat. I'm not fat. Very fit as a matter of fact. The comment was about meal timing. I manage to be a nurse and a personal trainer and stay fit with a not so perfect eating schedule.
Why would you eat a super lean meal in the evening to get fat adapted rather than something like steak and eggs?
Awesome.
I have very low carb diet
but have always been really skinny
and want to gain weight.
So If I have the occasional Huge meal before bed I should gain weight then ?
Bro can you make a video about the diet for physically hard working people ? The problem is I do metal polishing and I only put strain on my forearms and they get tight like rock during work and in the night I get numbness during sleep..can you please tell me what can I do for good recovery?
Here's my 2 cents.
Are you counterbalancing the gripping and bent over position you're in for hours and hours at work with opposing movement?
Using a splayed open hand in the handles for resistance bands is good stimulus for the extensors (opposing muscles) of the wrist. Flys, again with bands rather than gripping dumbbells will begin to stimulate the extensor of the back and shoulders.
These are just examples.
I've been a massage therapist for 37 yrs, so I first hand (lol) experience balancing the overuse patterns that develop doing physical work, especially.
Do you know if the butcher box animals are injected with mRNA?
Do Coiloidal minerals with humic acid break a fast ?
Always interesting content!
Definitely! Low fat diet high carbohydrates is the best for consuming the most amount of oxygen which is how fat is burnt, it takes 3kg of oxygen to burn 1kg of body fat! Carbs FTW!! 💪💪💪
What carbs?....I'm tired
It's impossible for me to fall asleep when I am hungry. I mean IMPOSSIBLE. No matter what I do, read, close my eyes, etc.....I'm just wide awake hour after hour after hour.
Expend more energy throughout the day (workout harder)
try glutamine and maybe a bit of BCAAs
Sounds like you have insom.. nom.. nom.. nom.. nia.
Might sound stupid, but are you tired? If not sleeping is difficult. For the hunger part. Since having done keto for 2 a 3 weeks, to change my carb dependancy, my relation with hunger changed. From I have to eat to I could eat but dont have to. And now hunger it is not distracting anymore. Current diet style is keto during the day, dinner and evening or social event can be what ever aslong as I get enough protein.
Consuming Casein around dinner time will help you stay fuller for longer so you can go to bed further away from dinner without the hunger and Casein protein can digest while you sleep while actually helping you sleep better
What you were saying early in the video about burning carbs vs fat is why I get so frustrated when ppl say that it doesn't matter where the cals come from, they are all that matter. It's like, no. Carbs raise insulin, and when your insulin is elevated during that time it very much inhibits your ability to burn your body fat. This is a biological fact yet ppl still argue it. Insulin is called the 'fat storing hormone' for a damn good reason lol.
Wow this is so basic but intriguing! So i have to be METABOLICALLY HEALTHY before wanting to lose weight! and then IF(8 to 4 eating window)could be one way to get it. Did i get it right?
When you think about it, make sense for most people, they are eating during the part of the day where they are most active and need energy.
When you think about it, make sense for most people, they are eating during the part of the day where they are most active and need energy.
❤ So IF is still the Way to go and OMAD might be the best but never ever eat less than 6-8h before sleep and keep to a keto like protocol
I've been doing omad for about 6 weeks and lost 20 pounds so far. I just started to eat 2 hard boiled eggs 4 hours before I sleep to see if I notice any difference.
I eat my last meal at 330 or 4 most days...i haven't seen any fat loss. I've been doing this for many years.
How do we reconcile this, if you are in a push-up phase Thomas?
I saw on the video 5% body you taking yerba mate. Do you have brand? I know it's not the drink in beverages too much sugar
Regarding the 20% calorie surplus meal or day: I thought we sometimes wanted that to mess with our metabolism...(cheat meal).....?
was wondering if overnight / in rest muscle and liver glycogen is being "resorted" from fat reserves. That sound like how in nature this mechanism should work. to get the fast / intense energie Replenished this way.
I would get those oxygen machines.
More Oxygen means that the body can burn a greater ratio from fat.
(carbs have oxygen as part of the chemistry, so they burn in unerobic metabolism better.)
What about Intermittent fasting? Your answer would help me✨anyone?
Depends. No one answer. Everyone is fasting during the 8 to 10 hours of sleep. Also depends what you eat and how much you eat when you have a meal. Age, race, sleep quality, activity levels, hydration, nutrition, sex life, happiness levels, stress levels, past health history and present health status ALL matter.
I fast 18-20 hours a day.
That is what he is talking about!!!
If your diet is exactly the same through the day, it makes no difference at all, it all leads back to deficit vs surplus.
It’s similar to fasted cardio vs fed cardio. Sure your body might turn to fat stores and burn more fat during your fasted cardio, but by using glycogen in fed state cardio you’ll instead turn to fat stores through the day, it evens out.
Before bed, I drink a mixture of milk that expired a month ago, urine from my last hangover and pickle brine. Then during the night, I vomit profusely. By morning I've lost 10 lbs. and have shredded abs. I call my concoction "The Reverse Lizzo."
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Lmao 😂
There neat is not all grass finished & their salmon is farm raised 🤷🏼♂️ I switched to Wild Alaska for my fish & wild pasture for my meat
Great info, something new to learn all the time!! 😂😂
in the first study, they did not study "people". They used young men in the study. This is very different than post menopausal women.The next studies, I didn't see if it was men or women. I'll give it a try but I know that lots of women need high fat/ low to no carb in order to balance hormones and to sleep well.
Looking a butcher box .. prices are better then my store !
Ok bro
As Other people commented. It is almost impossible for many, including myself, to fall asleep on a calorie déficit.
5:12 so *protein shake* @ 16:00?
Really interesting. But just to play Devil’s Advocate Bro, Individual differences in overall cotisol levels whether associated with overtraining, excessive mental stress and associated sleep deprivation, I suspect could throw this for a loop. On a somewhat unrelated note, I believe those with rhe highest nighttime cortisol levels vs those with lower night time vs day time levels may be at far increased risk of CVD and associated metabolic disease. Just something to ponder.
How do you “get off the fat”?
The problem is I don't have an appetite when I wake-up and at least 3-4 afterwards and those rare days I do eat early I still will eat lunch.
I generally eat my meals from around 8-9 hours time frame.
Does a matter if you burn carbs or fat or protein at night? It matters who burns more calories because at the end of the day that's all that's going to matter
I have a big bowl of cornflakes before bed sometimes an always seem to wake up lean after, whats goin on here
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Game changer info
Spoiler alert: Sadly it's not by drinking boba before bed like I hoped. 🙃
Eat less calories than you burn?
That’s the only way of losing weight. The difference is that you have to choose your nutrients as there are empty calories and there are nutritious calories.
If you eat junk food, even if you lose weight, you’ll just get sick.
Whereas if you were to eat a healthy diet, you’d lose weight and become healthier
Love your videos 👌👌💯💪
so how do you sleep when hungry is the real question.
Thanks
This is great!!
I liked this video.
Well, my problem is I use a sleep monitor, and I wake up over 20 times a night. Even if for a few minutes it has to be cutting into my fat burning ability. I eat almost to the tee what you are describing. Protein load 5-6 before bedtime coincidently. Going to bed hungry some.
Use melatonin before bed
@@saintjulien6126 I did that before and it wasn't better. I need to know my levels before I try that again.