why is it that?

Question

when you don't eat your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism goes down which makes you gain weight but anorexic people lose weight?

Answer 1

Because once they start not eating they don't stop. They'll survive on 2 apples a day everyday for the rest of their lives--however short it may be. People who try to do the quick diets tend to go back to their normal eating patterns after they've lost the weight and then they gain it back because their metabolism is all out of whack. The best way to boost your metabolism is to do cardio regularly and eat a lot of small healthy meals throughout the day.

Answer 2

That starvation thing is a myth. Moses and Jesus did not eat for 40 days (fasting). Was Jesus fat? Site below has the facts about fasting with quotes from 17 MDs. One MD explains how people are scared of fasting.

http://www.phifoundation.org/fast.html

Answer 3

They're losing fat, but they're also losing muscle. Their body is wasting away.