Metabolic Flexibility

Is the ability of your cells to switch between using carbohydrates and fats as a fuel resource. If you are metabolic flexible, you can burn carbs when you eat them. You can burn fat when you eat them. Or you can burn fat when you are not eating at all (intermittent fasting). In short, your metabolism is flexible and can use whatever fuel is available, whether that fuel is from food or fuel already stored in your body.

Why is it important to be metabolically flexible?

Metabolic flexibility confers numerous health benefits: sustained energy, balanced hormones, fewer blood-sugar roller coasters, fewer cravings, and improved fat-burning among others.

Intermittent fasting is one of the best ways to improve metabolic flexibility since you force your body to tap into fat stores - especially when you periodically decrease your carbohydrate intake.