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minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoDuring the hundreds of thousands of years we were nomadic persistence hunters, do you think we ate daily? Three square meals? A rough rule of thumb is humans can go 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food and 3 minutes without oxygen. Humans have literally evolved to fast for long periods and then have a huge feast once the prey is caught. So no, he’s not “starving” himself by avoiding stuffing his face for a few days.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months ago starving Calorie deficit that causes weight loss is starving. It’s the definition of the word.
During the hundreds of thousands of years we were nomadic persistence hunters, do you think we ate daily? Three square meals?
A rough rule of thumb is humans can go 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food and 3 minutes without oxygen.
Humans have literally evolved to fast for long periods and then have a huge feast once the prey is caught.
So no, he’s not “starving” himself by avoiding stuffing his face for a few days.
Calorie deficit that causes weight loss is starving. It’s the definition of the word.