5,000 Calories a Day: Why One Diet Made Him Gain 1 kg and Another Made Him Gain 7

[00:00:00]Eating almost nothing can make your body store more fat. Very low-calorie diets of fewer than 1,000 calories per day trigger significant muscle loss and cause your metabolism to slow down measurably. You eat only 800 calories, your body senses famine. It slows your metabolism to match your intake. You lose muscle, which was burning calories even at rest. So, now you have a slower engine and less fuel-burning muscle. You stop losing weight.

[00:00:28]>> So, eating almost nothing can literally rewire your metabolism to store more fat? That is genuinely terrifying.

[00:00:36]>> Starvation is not a diet strategy. Full breakdown in the long video, link in bio. Eating less is not always the answer.