Spoiler alert: Exercise can help you burn more carbohydrates. While it is true that your body is constantly burning carbohydrates and converting them to usable energy, certain activities can help you to burn them faster which leads to weight loss and an overall drop in body fat.
Here’s how to effectively ‘burn off’ carbs:
• Get active. If you're not especially active, chances are you're not burning very many carbohydrates. The more you move your body and stay active, the more carbohydrates you'll burn. Try going for a walk every day or take a 5-minute walking break every hour.
• Go running. Running is an excellent way to burn carbohydrates. When you run, your body pulls glucose from your blood and uses it to deliver oxygen to working muscles and cells.
• Lift weights. Lifting weights requires your muscles to burn carbohydrates with glycogen. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, some carbohydrates in your body get converted to glycogen and then are stored in your muscles for later use. When you lift weights, the glycogen in your body gets used up. Then your body will use up more carbohydrates to replenish glycogen stores in your muscles.

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