Aggressively reducing calorie intake can lead to nutrient deprivation, hormonal suppression, and malnutrition. — Whalespan
Aggressively reducing calorie intake can lead to nutrient deprivation, hormonal suppression, and malnutrition.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“you are not unnecessarily depressing hormone production and also putting yourself into a hole of what is essentially a malnourished State cuz if you push too hard and you go from let's just say you're eating 2,800 calories a day and you instantly drop to 1,800 you will lose a ton of weight off the rip and it you'll think oh this is great and then very soon you will get to a point where it's like holy hell I am starving this is not sustainable what am I doing what do I do next I plateaued now where do I go from here it becomes easy to dig yourself into a hole if you're not careful about this like titration down essentially”