They say when you crash diet your metabolism slows down. I fail to see how this is possible, unless there has been muscle wastage, because depending on how much you weigh and how much muscle you have, you need a certain amount of calories to keep you warm, and to keep your organs working. How can your body suddenly need less calories to keep your organs working?
2007-07-09 03:52:42 · 7 answers · asked by I am the Badger Princess. 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It's not that your body needs less calories... it needs more! When you crash diet you don't take in enough food or fuel for your body to function properly... it literally goes into starvation mode. So the metabolism slows down as your body's way of desperately clinging to what calories it can.
2007-07-09 04:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there may be this type of factor as rapid and sluggish metabolisms. Some individuals can consume something they wish and be skinny as a rail, at the same time others have got to paintings difficult simply to stick at renovation stages. Metabolism a genetic role, which means it runs within the household. You can up your metabolism, nevertheless: muscle calls for extra "gas" than fats, and increases your elementary metabolic cost. Certain scientific stipulations too can elevate and cut back metabolism. Hyper-thyroidism (overactive thyroid) outcome in extended metabolism at the same time its reverse, hypothyroidism, is almost always the motive of undesirable weight achieve. Hormones can sluggish metabolism, as good as getting older, whilst your frame obviously slows right down to accomodate bodily alterations.
2016-09-05 20:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight loss does slow the metabolism if you don't also exercise daily. Not as much tissue requiring feeding when the weight is lost so the metabolic rate can slow and not affect the organs at all. If you exercise daily tho, it sort of kick starts the metabolic rate.
2007-07-09 03:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you dont eat your body slows down to conserve fat for energy. that is why you dont alway lose weight when you starve yourself.
2007-07-09 04:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard if you eat too much junk food, it could alter your metabolism
2007-07-09 03:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Ichigo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is true
2007-07-09 04:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by lana s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's true.
2007-07-09 03:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Girlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋