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Food is a favorite pastime for many which is convenient because we need it to live.
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But what would happen to you and your body if you were to completely stop eating food right now?
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In the first six hours, all is fairly normal.
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Your body begins to break down glycogen, which stores energy in your body, into glucose which your cells use as fuel.
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Around 25 percent of energy generated this way is used for your brain alone.
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while the rest goes to muscle tissue and red blood cells.
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But after about six hours, this method of energy production halts as the glycogen sources deplete
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which can lead to the notorious hangry or hungry and angry feeling that many of us know too well.
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At this point, your body enters a state called ketosis as it begins to fast or starve
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Because there is very little glucose in your blood, your body must begin to break down fat for energy.
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This fat is in turn broken down into fatty acids
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However, your brain can't use long chain fatty acids, which is a problem.
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Because there's no more glucose and the fats are too large to cross the blood brain barrier.
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Your brain changes modes and begins to use ketone bodies for energy which are short-chain derivatives of fatty acid.
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This works for the time being, but ultimately only seventy-five percent of the brain's energy requirements can come from ketones.
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It still needs glucose, which means your cognitive functioning becomes impaired.
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It's important to mention that you don't have to be starving to be in ketosis.
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Many people enter this phase if they are on a low-carb diet
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or professional athletes who use all of their carbs for an extended period of time, like marathon runners, will be in this state as well.
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However, beyond 72 hours, not only will your mood and energy suffer but your brain will start to break down your body's own protein.
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The proteins release amino acid which can be converted into glucose which is great news for your brain but bad news for your body.
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Basically, your body is cannibalizing itself by destroying your muscle mass.
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In women, under-nutrition often shuts down the menstrual cycle as the body tries to reduce energy expenditure bone density diminishes and both men and women may experience a loss of libido
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Within a few weeks, the body's immune system will be so weakened without any vitamins or minerals that many will die from disease.
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Otherwise, it will continue to use up all energy sources until there's no glucose, fat tissue, or muscle mass left.
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One of the more common causes of death is cardiac, arrhythmia or heart attack due to the tissue degradation in the heart, diaphragm, and body
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This is fairly common in those suffering from anorexia.
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Of course, the body experiences severe organ failure all around
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Starvation can lead to death in as short as 3 weeks or up to 70 days as documented during the Irish hunger strikes in 1981
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Though, the duration of survival is greatly influenced by how hydrated you are and the amount of fat reserves your body has.
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which in some ways is incredible that the body can sustain for so long with no food.
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And yet, approximately 795 million people around the world have to deal with this reality.
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The good news is that the seven richest countries have pledged to lift five hundred million people out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030
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But we need to hold them accountable, we are working with an organization called "Global Citizen" to do just that
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And here's a really easy way that you can help out too.
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By sharing this video, and then heading to the "Global Citizen" website form here
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You'll be adding your voice to an important educational movement towards ending hunger worldwide.
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You can click the screen or use the links in description. It really only takes a few moments.
