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If you aren't eating, your body will eat the muscle fat before it eats the body fat. Don't try to not eat for the purpose of losing weight. You won't lose the body fat, and you will become very unhealthy.

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Does not eating burn fat or muscle?

When you do not eat, your body burns fat for energy first, but it can also break down muscle for energy if you do not eat for a long time.


Does your body burn fat or muscle when you don't eat?

When you don't eat, your body initially burns stored fat for energy. If the fasting continues for a long time, the body may start breaking down muscle for energy as well.


If you eat less meals every day what will your body burn first fat tissue or muscle tissue?

fat


Does starving yourself make you more fat when you eat?

it actually does because when you starve yourself your body chews up mostly muscle and leaves you with body fat a person who starves themself will have a high level body fat and low body mass index (muscle)once you start to eat again you will put on the weight back faster.


What to eat to increase muscle not fat?

Protein AND exercise, otherwise you body will just pee out the unused protein


Do muscle act on surrounding fat?

no muscle not act on surrounding fat. muscle act on moving. fat accquired from laziness. laziness=muscle not acting. Studies have shown that muscle do in fact act upon its surrounding fat. Muscle that has been developed allow a 12% increase for the surrounding fat to become muscle! Muscle act as an inner furnace for your body and burns your fat as well throughout the day! That's why people with more muscle need to eat more often.


How much fat does your body burn if you dont eat?

Not that much. Your body will start to burn your muscle more than it will burn your fat. If you eat several, low-calorie meals throughout the day you will lose more weight than if you do not eat at all.


What to eat for building your body?

High protein, low carb for fat burn High carb, moderate protein and low fat for muscle gain


Can your stomach really eat your back bone?

No, organs do not eat the body. The stomach cannot eat the spine and there is quite a bit of body fat, tissue, bone, and muscle between the spine and stomach.


How do you define body composition?

Body composition is the proportion of fat, muscle, and bones of an individuals body.


Does muscle hold more water than fat in the body?

Yes, muscle holds more water than fat in the body.


Is food required for the maintanence of life?

Yes, without food the body will eat away at itself, both the fat and the muscle.