- will nuts make you gain weight?
- does eating meat make you gain weight?
-is takeout Chinese food full of fat?
-is deli turkey (reduced fat) good or bad for you?
-will running on the treadmill 2 miles every day and 1200-1500 calorie diet result in weight loss?

Sorry, I know its a lot of questions but I will reward you!

The Gastrointestinal symptoms of anorexia are caused by severe malnutrition that causes viral infiltration of the GI tract.
The decrease in percent body fat associated with many eating disorders is part of the cause of amenorrhea and bone loss in women.

Are these true or false?

Thanks!

I’m a nursing student and the following info I’m going to provide, I’ve learned it in my Nutrition class. It’s been a while so my terminology isn’t perfect. But you’ll understand what I’m talking about.

Take a girl, for example. Her body needs carbs (glucose) for energy. Okay. She gets that from food. When she stops eating, the glucose stored in muscle will be used up for energy then. When that’s done, the stored glucose in the form of fat in her body will be used (in other words, the fat would be used up for energy).

My question is, why is that a bad thing? Isn’t that the way weight loss is supposed to work? I understand that once that stored fat is used up as well, the body will start breaking down muscle for energy.

Why do people say that when you severly restrict your calories or stop eating altogether, after water weight loss, the first thing to go is muscle?

Please understand that I am not anorexic. this is something I’ve been curious about for a while.
Thank you for the great answers, everybody.

And Carlos, there was nothing “retarded” about the question I asked. YOU don’t even seem to UNDERSTAND what I asked.