Starvation mode?

heybales

Doesn't take years - and doesn't take extremes. For those that actually don't know what they are talking about. Someone provided informative link above to studies if they care to be educated on the matter.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/heybales/view/reduced-metabolism-tdee-beyond-expected-from-weight-loss-616251

But sure takes more than 1 day you are talking about.

Sadly the once accepted term Starvation Mode has been thrown out with the myths associated with it.
Now must say Adaptive Thermogenesis which just doesn't sound as good.

Since people can't disassociate they say it and the actual effects don't exist, which isn't good either.

But you can easily get around it - just keep eating less and less and less and eventually body can't adapt anymore.

I'm sure the body will be thrilled with that.

heybales

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

Body burns primarily fat for fuel for the vast majority of our low intensity activity already, maintenance or diet level eating.
Body already breaks down muscle daily, and with enough protein and reason to keep it, builds it right back again.
That's not used for brain though, already available glucose stores are (you said short periods), if truly out of glucose, sure, but before then probably moved into keto mode and that's used instead.

Poisonedpawn78

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

I hope you arent paying a lot of money for that education, because you are not getting your money's worth.

AllSpiceNice

MatthewRuch Your post is awesome and literally made me LOL!

ETA: For some reason MFP is not attaching your quote to my post.

MissyCHF

gabriellejayde wrote: »

A dragon, a unicorn, and a ghost walk into a bar. Nobody eats anything and they all gain weight. The end.

Thank you, lol!

Tacklewasher

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

I hope you arent paying a lot of money for that education, because you are not getting your money's worth.

To be fair, I think a definition of starvation mode would be needed here. I don't think what the biology class is teaching is the same as the myth that wanders around the internet. The myth is that you will hold onto, or gain weight when eating too little. Starvation is, clearly, a real thing, but is not about gaining weight.

Nony_Mouse

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

I hope you arent paying a lot of money for that education, because you are not getting your money's worth.

To be fair, I think a definition of starvation mode would be needed here. I don't think what the biology class is teaching is the same as the myth that wanders around the internet. The myth is that you will hold onto, or gain weight when eating too little. Starvation is, clearly, a real thing, but is not about gaining weight.

Definitions were in the link I posted up thread, but nobody reads those...

Tacklewasher

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

I hope you arent paying a lot of money for that education, because you are not getting your money's worth.

To be fair, I think a definition of starvation mode would be needed here. I don't think what the biology class is teaching is the same as the myth that wanders around the internet. The myth is that you will hold onto, or gain weight when eating too little. Starvation is, clearly, a real thing, but is not about gaining weight.

Definitions were in the link I posted up thread, but nobody reads those...

Yeah, but I doubt that is what the person learned about in biology class is all I'm saying.

heybales

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

I hope you arent paying a lot of money for that education, because you are not getting your money's worth.

To be fair, I think a definition of starvation mode would be needed here. I don't think what the biology class is teaching is the same as the myth that wanders around the internet. The myth is that you will hold onto, or gain weight when eating too little. Starvation is, clearly, a real thing, but is not about gaining weight.

Definitions were in the link I posted up thread, but nobody reads those...

Now you see what I meant in that other topic. Except in this case - there was you!

CharlieBeansmomTracey

aeloine wrote: »

smithmssycatsmithiris30 wrote: »

If there isn't such a condition, how did the term 'starvation mode' come about? I have heard it for years and really thought there was such a thing.

It came from actual starvation. Have you ever seen pictures of malnourished kids from Africa with distended bellies? THEIR bodies are in starvation mode and are trying to maximize nutrient consumption while minimizing energy expenditure.

their bellies are distended from being malnourished and its called kwashiorkor's its a protein deficiency. they dont have those bellies from starvation mode. your body will adapt if not getting enough calories its called adaptive thermogenesis ,starvation is starvation and the body will use fat,muscle and anything else it can when not getting enough calories.

Unknown

This content has been removed.

kcn2bluesky

@MatthewRuch LOVE this post! Cracked me up and it's very on-point for so many threads here on MFP. Thanks for the good laugh!

JeromeBarry1

potationia wrote: »

Starvation Mode IS A Real Thing. I Litterally Learned About It In My Biology Class Last Year. When Your Body Doesnt Get Food Or Water It Starts To Use Up Different Parts Of The Body To Get Fuel.Starvation mode is a state in which the body responds to prolonged periods of low energy intake. During short periods of energy abstinence, the human body burns primarily free fatty acids from body fat stores, along with small amounts of muscle tissue to provide required glucose for the brain. But One Day Of Not Eating Wont Put You In Starvation Mode. I’m Pretty Sure After 3 Days Of Not Eating You Go Into Starvation Mode.

What you learned about in school was the initial phase of starvation.

As used in the modern first world, "starvation mode" is what happens when overweight people fail to accurately and honestly record every bite, sip, and lick of nutrient they consume while stating with no evidence that they've had such a difficult experience consuming their 1200 calorie budget that they've entered starvation mode and gained weight.