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Are these personal observations, or empirically established facts? For example - would liver and kidneys actually shut down when they don't have any work to do?
by jasim 10y ago
Are these personal observations, or empirically established facts? For example - would liver and kidneys actually shut down when they don't have any work to do?
- derefr 10y agoI was intentionally using sloppy non-clinical language. :) "Shut down" in the sense that the liver specifically is full of xenometabolizing enzymes, and those enzymes get replaced by the densely-packed mitochondria in liver cells as they get used up, requiring nutrients to feed said mitochondria. If those enzymes are consumed at a slower rate, those mitochondria consume your body's nutrient stores more slowly.