如果不吃东西会怎么样? What If You Stopped Eating

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Food is a favorite pastime for many, which is convenient because we need it to live.

But what would happen to you and your body if you were to completely stop eating food, right now?

In the first 6 hours, all is fairly normal.

Your body begins to break down glycogen, which stores energy in your body into glucose, which your cells use as fuel.

Around 25% of energy generated this way is used for your brain alone, while the rest goes to muscle tissues and red blood cells.

But after about 6 hours this method of energy production halts as the glycogen stores deplete, which can lead to the notorious"hangry" or hungry and angry feeling that many of us know too well.

At this point your body enters a state called ketosis as it begins to fast or starve.

Because there is very little glucose in your blood, your body must begin to break down fat for energy.

This fat is in turn broken down into fatty acids.

However, your brain cannot use long-chain fatty acids which. . . is a problem!

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