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When you stop eating food does your body eat muscle or fat first?
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∙ 13y ago
I am not a doctor but I do live a very active and healthy lifestyle and I do know this; When you stop eating or if you go on a very low calorie diet your body will store any fat you put in it for an emergency (survival mode) and will start to use other things in your body such as muscle for energy.
Your body does not know that you want it to burn all the extra fat it has, all it knows is that it was used to (for example) 2500 calories/day and now its only getting 1200. So if you do things too drastic like starve yourself or do a super low calorie diet for more than a couple days your body will indeed burn muscle tissue instead of fat tissue for energy. you will also feel weak and have less energy for normal daily activities.
Best advice to anyone wanting to lose weight. Start by cutting calories by no more than 15% of daily intake (if you eat 2000/day cut to no less than 1700) Also clean up your food, no canned or boxed or pre made foods. If you eat 15% less calories and its all whole clean foods you will not only feel better you will start to lose weight and a good pace. Crash diets never work, lifestyle change is the key to long term health and weight success.
Check your RDI based on your height and weight to determine how many cals you should be eating. then take 15% off that to lose weight.
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What is the danger of under eating?
once you have no more food left in your stomach, your body will start eating your own muscle.
Why are you losing muscle in the upper body and not fat in the lower body?
possibly eating the wrong food & not enough excercise
As a wrestler is eating nothing for consecutive days dangerous?
Yes. Even as a human being, eating nothing is dangerous. If the body finds no food (fuel) to use to run the body, it will start digesting itself starting with the fat, then the muscle tissue. Food is a necessity.
How do you take care of the muscle system?
by eating healthy food
What activity in the body uses a skeletal muscle?
Writing with a pencil, chewing food, walking, bending over, hopping, eating and drinking . . . well, you get the idea!
What is the function of the Ingestion?
first stage of food processing. ingestion is the process as taking food into the body through mouth ( as eating)
Does eating spicy food raise your body temperature?
Yes eating spicy food can slighly raise your physical body temperature
Does eating sweet things a lot help to build muscle?
Excess carbohydrates, including sugar, will be stored as fat in the human body. The most effective types of food to help build muscle are those with ample amounts of protein.
What happens when a bodybuilder adds muscle milk to his diet?
Eating a healthy diet with enough good calories is most important to body building. Muscle milk is a suitable meal replacement or after-workout drink but not a replacement for real food.
Will you lose weight if you eat one kind of food every day?
Probably not. If you did lose weight, it would more than likely be muscle mass, not body fat. To lose fat, you should be eating a balanced diet. Just eating one kind of food each day will not give your body the proper nutrition it needs.
What food is used in the body?
The point of eating food is that the body uses it; any food that you eat will be used in some way.
What body changes occur in a bear to allow it to sleep for weeks or months without eating?
The bear when asleep the stomach eats the fat an the muscle of the bear so it can go months with out food.
