Our F/B ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes determines how much of our food we absorb, and of those calories how much we store or burn. This ratio is largely determined by our diet. The bacteria dominant in a high carb diet cause us to absorb more energy from the food we eat than the bacteria that would be dominant in a person who eats a lower starch, higher vegetable fiber diet. High Firmicutes in the gut is considered an obesity biomarker. Get my FREE Low Carb Diet and Circuit Training workout video here: http://bit.ly/2vMlTbN ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0UsNAa-U5E

Don’t depend on cardio for weight loss. It’s good for the cardiovascular benefits and fasted cardio can improve the process of fat burning metabolism but it’s not your best weapon for weight loss. Weight loss is a battle of hormones, not calorie burning. What you eat has the greatest influence on whether you can access stored fat for energy. Making sure you get 7-9 hours of sleep is the next priority. Resistance training is the type of exercise that has the greatest effect on insulin sensitivity followed by high intensity interval cardio, HIIT. Steady state cardio and recreational activities of low to moderate intensity are certainly part of a healthy lifestyle but come after the others in affecting improved insulin sensitivity and fat loss. We cover topics like this in the Food Comes First Weight Loss Academy which is starting again on March 30th. Comment below for details. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf7ADyAbdfw