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When does your body start to eat its own fat when you starve yourself?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Before you consider : Doing this - you will catabolise more muscle than fat. Your muscle burns calories. Thus, you will end up decreasing your metabolic rate. This is not the way to go.

Dr Pappas and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/5/2013

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