corioboria
Cambridge Counsellor
When you go into starvation mode your body does everything it can to preserve energy. It starts shutting down non-essential stuff.
Result is your metabolism slows right down so you are burning fewer calories going about your normal day to day activities.
You can also feel sluggish, muzzy-headed tired and/or dizzy. Its your body's way of trying to tell you to sit down or lie down and conserve your energy.
This is not at all healthy for your body. If you keep your metabolism low for too long, it may not recover when you start eating again. This means that you will put on weight even faster and on less food than you did before
Also while in starvation mode your body can start to use up muscle tissue for energy instead of fat, so you end up looking thinner but still as flabby, which is not a good look.
The starvation response is the main reason why many fitness professionals and some health professionals are dead against VLCDs. Cambridge's response is that they have developed a scientific formula for avoiding starvation even on very low calories.
Cambridge works if you do it properly. But I think its quite a fine balance. Personally I wouldn't have any fewer than 3 CDs on a less than 1000 calorie day, and I'm also limiting my exercise.
Result is your metabolism slows right down so you are burning fewer calories going about your normal day to day activities.
You can also feel sluggish, muzzy-headed tired and/or dizzy. Its your body's way of trying to tell you to sit down or lie down and conserve your energy.
This is not at all healthy for your body. If you keep your metabolism low for too long, it may not recover when you start eating again. This means that you will put on weight even faster and on less food than you did before
Also while in starvation mode your body can start to use up muscle tissue for energy instead of fat, so you end up looking thinner but still as flabby, which is not a good look.
The starvation response is the main reason why many fitness professionals and some health professionals are dead against VLCDs. Cambridge's response is that they have developed a scientific formula for avoiding starvation even on very low calories.
Cambridge works if you do it properly. But I think its quite a fine balance. Personally I wouldn't have any fewer than 3 CDs on a less than 1000 calorie day, and I'm also limiting my exercise.
