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Without nutrients that are at a lack due to starvation, muscles cannot function properly. They can beomce lean and thin without the protein to help them stay strong or grow. If there is no fat for energy, a starving body will begin to digest muscles for fuel and needed energy for the body.

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At first your heart beat will slow due to the lack of energy. When you body doesn't have any more body fat to feed on it will eventually attack to heart muscle.

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