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  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    5 months ago

    But this is a function of your stored energy, so if you don’t have enough fat to make up for your metabolic deficit, that energy will have to come from somewhere as a priority to keep your brain alive. Don’t put your body in that position.

    So what you’re saying is I should keep excess body fat, just in case I need to eat only cottage cheese for a month?

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      5 months ago

      The vast majority of people are already prepared for the cottage cheese challenge!

      I think the absolute minimum body fat percentage people should have is about 5%men 10%women give or take. Probably much higher. For for 50 kg person, that works out to about 7 kg of body fat minimum.

      However, if you want to be drought and famine resistant, you need to get those numbers up!