[–] allergictofupa 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
If the notion of starvation mode is correct, why did all of the individuals interned in Nazi death camps who were starved day in and day out not maintain their weight? Why were they emaciated after liberation? I can't believe people genuinely use "starvation mode" as an excuse for their refusal to count calories...
[–] DontLikeSaladDodgers 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
If this were true, anorexics wouldn't exist. Fatties use this excuse all the fucking time.
[–] VegetarianZombie1 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yeah, this may be true, but it doesn't actually happen unless you've gone a significant amount of time (as in more than a week) without food.
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[–] hams_have_diabeetus 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Fat = stupid, selfish, irresponsible, and no impulse control.
Just wanted to quote this line because I feel it needed to be said again.
[–] ChicagoSunroof ago
Google the books Author. I'm sure it's a fat woman.
It's an understandable mechanisms that other animals may use to survive tough conditions (e.g. bears and hibernation, or any animal that hibernates and lives off its own fat in the winter, etc).
The thing with this factoid is that fatties re-interpret it to the extreme to the point where their claims become bogus excuses. "Starvation mode" is a myth but the mechanism wherein starvation can slow metabolism is not untrue either. It's not as simple as fatties try to make it out to be.
I mean, no one argues that starvation increases metabolism or that metabolism stays the same when you truly starve. Most people agree that metabolism is affected in some way when you deprive your body of food. Again, this doesn't mean "starvation mode" as it is used by fatties/pop culture/diet claims is true though.
[–] Mortimer_Rektusgrin ago (edited ago)
Isn't this true though? Obviously it doesn't apply to hams since they constantly eat but I mean when you haven't eaten for more than 24 hours. I've had a couple of days where I would neither eat or drink anything but water and after enough time my stomach suddenly started feeling weird and I got cramps for maybe 20 seconds or so. After this the pain stopped but I felt worse overall until I finally ate. EDIT: This sensation wasn't a one off thing but happened pretty much every time I hadn't eaten anything in 20-30 hours.
[–] Carsandsarcasm ago
You're still breathing, your heart is still beating, your brain is still working, your cells are still turning over, your organs are still processing, and you're still moving. All these things burn energy. If it doesn't come from food, it comes from fat or muscle. Metabolism cannot physically come to a halt and pull fat out of the air.
[–] chubrubcheesebread 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
"Slowing" metabolism. Not "complete arrest and defeating thermodynamics" metabolism. I don't get why that supposedly qualifies as a reason not to restrict calories at all. Getting fat because if they tried to loose weight, the rate of weightloss might slow down along the way? Glorious.