: Can anyone tell me the stages your body goes through to cope with not
: eating.  At which stage does serious, irreperable damage occur to the
: body, besides the obvious final stage of death.

A close friend went on a fast, then went to a no-fat diet, then starting
working out 4-5 hours a day when she wasn't attending classes.  The
results have been devastating to the family and she's now in counseling
for anorexia. She's lost over 40 pounds and weighs in somewhere around
80-85 pounds.  She was home over Easter and I passed her on the street in
the car - she was speed-walking with weights on her wrists and ankles.
Can't convince her she has a problem.

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Can anyone tell me the stages your body goes through to cope with not
eating.  At which stage does serious, irreperable damage occur to the
body, besides the obvious final stage of death.

Thanks in advance,

sdh

After about 2 or 3 days, some stuff like brown honey comes out
in place of feces.  I would guess this stuff is the bilirubin and
biliverden resulting from the destruction of worn-out red {*filter*} cells.
The intestine has more functions than just absorbing nutrients.
It also moves certain waste products out of the body.