Your Metabolism Isn't Broken (But It Is Adapting)

Send us Fan Mail Most of us have heard of “starvation mode”, the idea that if you eat too little for too long, your body eventually stops losing weight and holds onto every calorie. But is that actually what happens? In this episode, we unpack what really happens to your metabolism during prolonged calorie restriction and why the popular idea of “starvation mode” gets metabolic adaptation wrong. We look at two of the most famous (and frequently misunderstood and misrepresented) examples in ...