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1. This can be heavily mitigated by going to the gym, or doing some kind of resistance exercise. Yes, human beings are required to eat the right amount of food
by wdewind 10y ago
1. This can be heavily mitigated by going to the gym, or doing some kind of resistance exercise. Yes, human beings are required to eat the right amount of food and also exercise in order to maintain health. There is no magic bullet.
2. You would only really be lethargic for a small amount of time as your body adjusts to blood sugar levels. It's important to note that people who are losing weight are not low on energy because they are lacking calories. They have a ton of calories, they just aren't very good at using the fat to maintain blood sugar (yet). This should be roughly a 1-4 week transition, and again exercise will help a lot with it.
- geoka9 10y ago> This should be roughly a 1-4 week transition I wish it was that simple. From the studies I've read and personal experience, the human body stops using fat as its source of energy once it goes below certain percentage (the lower the percentage, the harder it is to make it use fat). It's pure muscle catabolism and low levels of energy from there on, unless you use tricks like intermittent fasting and macro cycling (and resistance training).
- wdewind 10y agoRealistically you're talking about like 12% bodyfat for a male - which is something many of us would dream of. Sorry, but that's absolutely not what's happening with regular overweight people who lose weight, you're talking about micro-optimization for athletes. The deal is whenever you lose weight you lose muscle and fat. All you can do is shift the ratio. Resistance exercise helps shift that ratio. Proper diet (ie: enough protein) helps shift that ratio.