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Oling_Roachinen · 02-05-2020, 04:37 PM

Sorry, got to go. I do confess it was a trap Azure hoping you would actually take a look at the study. Because once you bring up the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, you'll find something conveniently lost in most of those talking about the 30%-40% BMR reduction. It was at the end of the starvation period where that number comes from. And participants also lost 25% of their weight during that period. They didn't lose 30% of their calories and the next day had 30% reduction in their BMR. The body tried to compensate over a prolonged time of starving (and it did, to a much smaller degree than you think..)

"In the six months of starvation these men lost an average of 16.8 kg. (37.0 pounds) representing 24.0 percent of their original body weight. "

"Measurements of the basal metabolism before starvation gave values averaging 11.8% below the Mayo Clinic "standard" normal average but this conforms to all experience with normal subjects in this laboratory. During starvation the basal metabolism steadily declined to reach a final average of -39.3% on the Mayo scale."

02-05-2020, 04:37 PM	#147
Oling_Roachinen Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2011 Exp:	Sorry, got to go. I do confess it was a trap Azure hoping you would actually take a look at the study. Because once you bring up the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, you'll find something conveniently lost in most of those talking about the 30%-40% BMR reduction. It was at the end of the starvation period where that number comes from. And participants also lost 25% of their weight during that period. They didn't lose 30% of their calories and the next day had 30% reduction in their BMR. The body tried to compensate over a prolonged time of starving (and it did, to a much smaller degree than you think..) "In the six months of starvation these men lost an average of 16.8 kg. (37.0 pounds) representing 24.0 percent of their original body weight. " "Measurements of the basal metabolism before starvation gave values averaging 11.8% below the Mayo Clinic "standard" normal average but this conforms to all experience with normal subjects in this laboratory. During starvation the basal metabolism steadily declined to reach a final average of -39.3% on the Mayo scale." Last edited by Oling_Roachinen; 02-05-2020 at 04:52 PM.