Talk:Starvation mode

Limiting scope
Most of the issues below were fixed by limiting the scope of the article. 75.92.165.67 (talk) 08:46, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Undue weight
The criticism section takes up 2/3rds of this article: this is certainly undue weight and needs to be rectified, preferably by expanding the rest of the article or recharacterizing this subject as a fringe hypothesis such as flat earth. Skomorokh 18:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

More importantly, this article is about the same thing as the existing article famine response. Friday (talk) 18:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Needs to be rewritten
Whoever wrote this article is retarded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.161.196.203 (talk) 14:50, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I also think that the article should be rewritten. More importantly (regarding the quality of the article at least) it seems that this particular article is a bit contradictory. The first paragraph states that the body conserves fat resources by eating lean tissue and muscle, yet it states in the second paragraph that in order to conserve muscle and other tissues it consumes the fat reserves first. However I feel that we should just eliminate this whole section together and merge it with famine response. Chrisrhode (talk) 17:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Resistance training (such as weight lifting) can also prevent the loss of muscle mass while a person is caloric restricted. Who works out while on a calorie restricted diet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.53.75.161 (talk) 04:09, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

MERGE Famine response into this article
I concur that Famine response should be merged with this article. They are about the same subject. Starvation mode is the better title as with "Famine response" many unrelated items come up in searches. 220.101 talk\Contribs 08:15, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Done D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  05:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Definitely needs to be rewritten
This article is factually false in several ways and is in desperate need to be re written.

1. The body's primary fuel source is not even cited. ATP. This is the primary fuel source of the body for most functions and is made primarily from digested fats. Carbohydrates can be used as fuel but are non essential.

2. The body converting fat for fuel is called ketosis and is in no way starvation!!. Every body does this daily, especially during sleep.

3. Ketoacidosis can be called starvation mode because it is the body's conversion of body parts (muscle, bones, organs, etc) for fuel when not enough proteins and fats are eaten. It is also caused when type1 diabetes causes an insulin deficit.

Somebody please rewrite this terrible definition!! I don't have time to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Cather (talk • contribs) 02:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)