I hear this from time to time. If you cut your calorie intake too much your body with assume food is scarce and initiate its ‘starvation mode’ which will prevent you losing weight so quickly. Is that actually true or is it a story told to stop people following unhealthy diet regimes?
And, if it is true, how can the body do this? If the body can suddenly run on fewer calories then why doesn’t it do that all the time? I guess it must have to stop burning calories on certain activities?
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Yes, but it doesn’t stop you losing weight, the body will digest body fat and muscle protein, at the same time it basically neglects all repair and maintenance that normally goes on in the body to save energy.
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