297: Why You Shouldn’t Mix Carbs and Fats (If You Want to Burn Fat)

The Low Carb Hustle Podcast

Nate Palmer

Health, Self-improvement, Keto, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Femaleweightloss, Diet, Education, Intermittentfasting, Nutrition, Loseweight, Weightloss, Paleo, Carnivore, Lowcarb, Fasting, Exercise, Ketogenicdiet, How To, Ketogenic, Womenshealth

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

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What if the “healthy balanced meals” you’ve been eating are actually slowing down your fat loss?

In today’s episode of Get Leaner and Live Longer, Nate breaks down the biochemical trap of combining carbs and fats in the same meal — and why this combo might be the reason you're not seeing results.

You’ll learn how to structure your meals for maximum fat-burning, steady energy, and simplified nutrition — without counting a single calorie.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

Why mixing carbs and fats triggers fat storage
The role of insulin and metabolic flexibility
How to build meals that keep you full and lean
The post-workout mistake that made Nate feel like trash
A simple food timing tweak that helped one client drop 9 lbs in 3 weeks

🧪 Referenced Studies:

Edgerton et al. (2007). Insulin’s inhibition of lipolysis lasts for hours after a meal. Published in Diabetes.
Blaak et al. (2011). High-fat, high-glycemic meals impair metabolic flexibility and increase fat storage. Published in Obesity.

Transcript

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0:00.0	What if I told you that your healthy avocado toast or your post-workout protein shake with peanut
0:04.1	butter might be one of the reasons you're not losing fat? We're taught to think in terms of balance
0:09.7	if we're looking at the my plate or the food pyramid. Carbs, proteins, fats, all in the same plate,
0:14.7	right? But here's the problem is when you eat carbs and your fats together, you're creating this
0:18.9	perfect biological storm for fat storage.
0:22.0	It's not even about calories here. It's about hormones. It's about your body's biochemistry.
0:26.8	This combo elevates your insulin levels, and insulin's job is to store energy. Once it's elevated,
0:31.6	your body can't burn fat, even if you're eating in a deficit. So these balanced meals, they may
0:35.7	actually be working against your goals. So today in this
0:38.6	episode, we're going to learn a little bit about why the carb plus fat combo is a fat trapping mistake.
0:44.0	One of the hormonal reasons that your body will stop burning fat and then a smarter way to
0:47.5	structure your meals to actually boost your energy and burn fat naturally. Welcome to get leaner
0:52.0	and live longer with Nate Palmer. Show up for busy people who want to maximize their energy, burn fat and build a body that feels as good as it looks. I'm your host
0:58.5	Nate Palmer. I'm going to coach since 2008, and I believe that looking great and feeling
1:01.8	unstoppable does not require hours in the gym or giving up all the foods that you love. The show is where I share
1:06.5	real strategy that help you get leaner and live longer, and unlock your million dollar body, one habit, one meal, and one workout at a time. So if you're ready to cut through the noise,
1:14.7	take control of your health and finally feel like a high performer again, let's do this.
1:19.4	So let's talk a little bit about biochemistry of carbs and fats combined. Because I think this is
1:23.5	important. And without getting too deep into the weeds, essentially, carbs spike your blood sugar, and this spikes insulin.
1:30.9	Insulin, I like to think of as like a key.
1:32.8	It's like a key to your cells.
1:33.9	So it's like the car key that you have.
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