01/25/2026
How many of you had a New Years Resolution to lose fat????
You don’t “lose fat.”
You oxidize it.
That distinction matters, because it explains why most weight-loss advice fails.
Fat is stored energy.
Your body does not magically make it disappear. It must chemically process it.
When fat loss actually happens, this is the sequence:
Fat cells release fatty acids into the bloodstream
Those fatty acids enter the mitochondria (your cellular power plants)
Oxygen is required to burn them
They are converted into energy, carbon dioxide, and water
That process is called oxidation.
If oxidation does not happen, fat is not lost—no matter how little you eat.
This is why calorie restriction alone doesn’t work long-term.
Because fat oxidation requires five critical conditions:
1. Oxygen
Shallow breathing, poor circulation, anemia, stress, or low movement reduce oxygen availability. No oxygen = no fat oxidation.
2. Mitochondrial function
Damaged or sluggish mitochondria cannot burn fat efficiently. This is affected by toxins, nutrient deficiencies, inflammation, and chronic stress.
3. Adequate minerals and cofactors
Fat oxidation depends on magnesium, iron, copper, B vitamins, iodine, and trace minerals. Depletion stalls the process.
4. Nervous system safety
High cortisol tells the body to conserve fuel, not burn it. A chronically stressed body resists fat loss by design.
5. Metabolic signaling
Insulin resistance blocks fat release. The body cannot burn what it cannot access.
