[quote="carorees"]I started to have a look at Amanda Salis' research and found this very useful summary written for lay people of her work:
http://www.garvan.org.au/pdfs/miscellan ... ebPage.pdf
Hi Caro thks for that..interesting stuff and how nice to eat our way out of famine reaction
I wonder if you know the answer to this (or anyone) ..how is it that anorexics continue to lose,to the point they become skeletal or even die? Why doesnt the famine reaction kick in for them? I know their bodies try to cope by periods stopping/ body hair growing to try to keep body heat etc..but why doesnt the famine reaction happen to them..always puzzles me!
http://www.garvan.org.au/pdfs/miscellan ... ebPage.pdf
Hi Caro thks for that..interesting stuff and how nice to eat our way out of famine reaction
I wonder if you know the answer to this (or anyone) ..how is it that anorexics continue to lose,to the point they become skeletal or even die? Why doesnt the famine reaction kick in for them? I know their bodies try to cope by periods stopping/ body hair growing to try to keep body heat etc..but why doesnt the famine reaction happen to them..always puzzles me!