Tiesa. Organizmas nedurnas, žino, kad sunkiais laikais reikia kaupti atsargas.

ne iš karto, bet palaipsniui organizmas išmoks taupyti. dėl to nesiūloma labai drastiškai mažinti kcal, o -500 kcal negu kad reiktų tarkim. kai pasieki “svorio kritimo sustojimą”, vėl turi erdvės mažinti kcal

“[Starvation mode] occurs in people that are severely, severely malnourished and that have burned all their fat away,” she explained.

“But like I said, for most of us, it’s very, very unlikely we would be putting our body into that type of state. It’s a very, very extreme situation.”

The now infamous Minnesota Experiment makes this clear: It saw 36 male conscientious objectors during World War Two volunteer to take part in a semi-starvation study where their calories were dropped to around 1,800 for six months (following three months at 3,200 calories), and they were asked to expend 3,000 a day.

It wasn’t until the men reached extreme levels of leanness with body fat levels of about 5% that they stopped losing weight, because they would have died if they lost any more.

“There’s never been a prisoner of war who came out of being a prisoner overweight,” Syatt said.