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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

A non-underweight and otherwise healthy adult can forego food for a week without issue, it's not that big a deal. We would never have survived evolution if we couldn't do that.

[–] dlok@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

It's exactly why we store energy as fat in the first place, so when the getting is good it prepares us for when it isn't.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

surviving and healthy are two different things.

It puts stress on your body. Not a problem for most people, but can still put people in danger if preexisting conditions exist

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Exercise puts stress on your body. Not a problem for most people, but can still put people in danger if preexisting conditions exist.

The thing about stress is that complete lack of it is a stress all of its own. Aside from psychological stress, that is, that one is wholly superfluous.

[–] v9CYKjLeia10dZpz88iU@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)