When we need energy, can’t the body just burn the stored fat? Isn’t that the whole point of stored fat? Why will we feel hungry, weak, lightheaded, etc. at all? I understand if the body doesn’t have enough fat (if you’re super skinny), it would make sense to feel hungry, but I don’t understand why would that be the case if there’s enough fat to go around.
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Fat is meant by the body as a reserve for the times of disaster. Think of it as savings. You don’t touch your savings as long as there’s income, you keep going with income until a disaster prevents you and that’s when you resort to savings, sparingly. That’s why the body just keeps asking for food and you give it as long as it is available and the fat reserves are safe until there is a famine or a hard time, then they will be used.
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