If you starve yourself your body will release hormones that will minimize the breakdown of fat for energy. The body will turn on itself and start breaking down muscle tissue for energy. This is a definite downside to starvation diets. When these types of diets are followed for a long time, even the weight of the heart, which is a muscle, decreases. This can cause heart attacks.
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Fat, that what it is stored up for.
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YOUR BODY BURNS MUSCLE DURING STARVATION MODE. MUSCLE BREAKS DOWN TO GLUCOSE MORE QUICKLY THAN DOES FAT WHICH REQUIRES BOTH CARBOHYDRATES AND ENERGY TO BURN.
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Your body will burn fat first, it isn't until you have depleted a great deal of stored fat that your body will begin to break down muscle. You will, however, lose muscle if you don't use it, but this is not because your body is in starvation mode. It's a simple matter of what makes more sense in the real world. If you're starving, why would your body eat away at the only thing that gives you a chance of hunting or gathering food? It wouldn't. It would store fat when you are ingesting excess sugars in order to use it when you can't find food.
Of course, while in starvation mode, your metabolism will drop in order to conserve energy and prolong survival. Which is why starving yourself as a form of "dieting" is just plain illogical. All you're really doing is training your pancreas to release more insulin and store all that sugar you take in after you resume eating food.
Well, first you lose whatever muscle you have, so you're REALLY flabby. Then, after awhile, you're body will slowy eat the fat until you die.
it actually does because when you starve yourself your body chews up mostly muscle and leaves you with body fat a person who starves themself will have a high level body fat and low body mass index (muscle)once you start to eat again you will put on the weight back faster.
Well you shouldn't starve yourself in the first place. Because what happens is you starve yourself then your body gets used to that. So then when you try to eat your body doesn't take it in because it's used to you not eating. And then you can get very in healthy. But I recommend a diet that Is a no carb diet! It's very hard. But you can loose about 1lb a day! All you have to do is eat like no bread, not even wheat bread! No sugar! No rice! There is more but that is the concept. Hope this helped you. ;)
I doubt that you can starve yourself for a month as your body will not allow it. It all depends on how much you weigh now and how active you are.
actually starving yourself sometimes can make you gain weight because your body just stores its fat and basically feeds off it
Answer When you don't eat, your metabolism (the rate at which your body burns calories) slows down so your body ends up fighting itself. The way to lose weight is to eat healthy food in moderation and to exercise. You have to restrict your food intake to be a little less than what your body burns throughout the day. If you starve yourself your body will start taking muscle and will damage your vital internal organs and you will never be healthy. Do not starve yourself to lose weight. You will cause long term damage in the way your body burns calories, your skin, your heart, liver, etc.
you really don't pass out. depending on your body functions you might but hardly.
When you starve yourself, your body breaks down muscle tissue and fat to use as energy. This can lead to loss of vital organ mass, decreased organ function, and eventually organ failure. Over time, starvation can result in serious health consequences and even death.
Of course you will lose muscle mass if you don't eat enough protein and other foods to get those vitamins a body needs. Starving yourself could cause you to end up becoming Anorexic and even Bulimic and that's not a pretty picture. Anorexics especially can starve themselves or at least eat so little that their bodies begin to feed of itself and eventually this can cause organs to shut-down and heart attacks leading to death!
No When you starve yourself your body goes into a protect mode and turns everything it can into stored fat. As a result you will lose muscle mass first and that can be dangerous and lead to all kinds of trouble when you get into your 20's and 30's. It can also cause some life threatening disease later in life. The best way to lose weight, if you need to, if to find out what a normal caloric intake should be for someone your age and try to stay at that level. Then exercise. Get out and walk around the block or mall a few times each day.
Yes, it effects the whole body.
NO. that would not be a very smart decision. Start a diet slowly, in order to not shock your body. By not eating, your body will go into starvation mode and try to hold onto your fat. First, incorporate some exercise into your daily routines. Eat healthier foods, not as many sweets.. But don't starve yourself.