What Is Fat Utilization?

1. What Is Fat Utilization?
By: The Plourde Institute

2. What Is Fat Utilization?
The Plourdé Institute employs evidence-based principles from nutrition science and exercise
physiology to develop individualized weight-loss regimens. A cornerstone of The Plourdé Institute’s
method is exercise that boosts the body’s ability to convert fat to energy, a process known as fatty
acid utilization.

3. What Is Fat Utilization?
Fat utilization occurs when fat cells degrade storage fat called triglycerides into fatty acids and
glycerol. The fatty acids are used by muscle cells to produce adenosine triphosphate, which drives
the muscle contraction. The combination of a calorically neutral diet and metabolically controlled
exercise encourages the body to utilize stored fat rather than other energy sources.

4. What Is Fat Utilization?
By combining the mobilization of fatty acids with the utilization of fatty acids, body fat weight loss
occurs at mathematically linear rate of approximately 10% per month until a natural biological
plateau in fat weight loss occurs. Plourdé uses a statistical tool called a 95% confidence interval to
predict a body fat weight loss plateau before it ever happens. For men, there is a 95% chance that
the plateau occurs somewhere between a 71% and 80% reduction in body fat weight from peak fat
weight. For women, there is a 95% chance that the plateau occurs somewhere between a 61%
and 73% reduction in body fat weight loss from peak fat weight. These outcomes are unmatched
throughout the world.