Anorexia and Ketosis

(Eureka Bailey) #1

So I hear that it takes a month or a few months for your body to adjust to being in ketosis and use fat for fuel efficiently. If that’s correct, then is a person who has been anorexic already adjusted?

#2

I am pretty sure the answer is yes. They are adapted per se. The difference is, an anorexic usually has little to no fat to be burned for energy anymore. Their muscle is often burned too. At the end the body slows down metabolism and is just eating anything that is left.