An empty stomach, whether a result of ignorance, poverty or deliberate measures to lose weight are afflicted with something the scientists call “Negative Nitrogen Balance”. This clearly is a situation where you’re the body of a dieter is letting out more nitrogen than the amount that is taken in. Dieting thereby doesn’t help in losing weight as effectively as it can cost you your life.
What Happens when there is a Negative Nitrogen Balance?
In such a situation, the body undergoes the following negative responses:
- Your body loses weight but not fat
- Organs like liver, kidney, muscles all begin to become smaller
- Brain tissue is also affected to the extent of becoming smaller
The brain is irreplaceable. So as you can see, you can be literally starving to death. Also, contrary to beliefs, starvation does not cause your fat cells to disappear. This was demonstrated by a team of researchers at the Rockefeller University, United States of America, where rats were barely fed to keep them alive.
It was seen that the starving rats had already used up the reserve fats for energy and were now beginning to eat up their muscles, organs and connective tissues but certainly not from their fat cells.
Dr Irving Faust, a member of the Rockefeller team, is of the opinion that “Fat cells appear to be fully protected during starvation.”
This clearly throws light on the insignificance of starving unless you are really reduced to such a condition of misery. Dieting thereby can help you lose fat over a period of time but can you imagine how much harm you may have already caused to your brains and almost all organs?
This happens because negative nitrogen balance through insufficient eating over a long period of time breaks your immunity levels, which now makes you more dangerously susceptible to diseases that can be fatal.
Usually, the body is able to maintain its nitrogen levels when we eat the right foods and let out an equal amount of nitrogen through wastes. The old nitrogen is thereby replaced with new nitrogen. It is as simple as understanding what your body really needs rather than forcing it to see its end too soon. So, eat healthy and stay active to live a well-rounded life.
