CESster!My #1 vaping pet peeve is when I see "It's just water vapor".
Oh, well, gotta get started, gonna be an extra long day in the mines today
CESster!(I'm pretty sure that the lack of calories related to dieting messes with brain chemistry- for some it may be permanent)
OK.... spit it out!!! You have something to say????... then SAY IT!!!!
The full report of results from the Minnesota Starvation Experiment was published in 1950 in a two-volume, 1,385 page text entitled The Biology of Human Starvation (University of Minnesota Press). The 50-chapter work contains an extensive analysis of the physiological and psychological data collected during the study, and a comprehensive literature review.
Among the conclusions from the study was the confirmation that prolonged semi-starvation produces significant increases in depression, hysteria and hypochondriasis as measured using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Indeed, most of the subjects experienced periods of severe emotional distress and depression.[1]:161 There were extreme reactions to the psychological effects during the experiment including self-mutilation (one subject amputated three fingers of his hand with an axe, though the subject was unsure if he had done so intentionally or accidentally).[5] Participants exhibited a preoccupation with food, both during the starvation period and the rehabilitation phase. Sexual interest was drastically reduced, and the volunteers showed signs of social withdrawal and isolation.[1]:123-124 The participants reported a decline in concentration, comprehension and judgment capabilities, although the standardized tests administered showed no actual signs of diminished capacity. There were marked declines in physiological processes indicative of decreases in each subject’s basal metabolic rate (the energy required by the body in a state of rest), reflected in reduced body temperature, respiration and heart rate. Some of the subjects exhibited edema in their extremities, presumably due to decreased levels of plasma proteins given that the body's ability to construct key proteins like albumin is based on available energy sources.
I did....short version is dieting can make you crazy.
Ok, the only fuel the brain gets is glucose. Diets, especially super low calorie diets, also starve the brain, messing with thinking. One number i read somewhere was that restriction to 1200-1500 Kcal/day was similar in effect to drinking a scotch. Anyway, for some on the edge of crazy, it may tip them over. There is also a very old study on the effects of voluntary dieting, and for some the experiment resulted in long lasting/permanent personality changes . Here's the wiki page for it Minnesota Starvation Experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
