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Biochemistry Of

Starvation
What Is Starvation?

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?Starvation is

complete stoppage

of eating food by a

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human body.

What Is Total Starvation?

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?Total starvation is

complete stoppage

of Food and Water.

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Conditions Developing Starvation

? Food Scarcity
(Natural Calamities , Draughts Floods and ,Famines)
? Extreme Poverty

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? Lost in Sea routes for long durations
? Clinical Conditions: Major Surgeries, Severe Burns.
? Desire to loose rapid weight
? Political Issues: Hunger Strikes

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Features Of Starved Body

? No entry of exogenous food constituents

? Body in starvation is deprived of:

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?Calories (Carbs and Lipids)

?Building blocks (Proteins)

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?Growth Factors(Vitamins and Minerals)

?Protectors (Antioxidants)
During

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Starvation

the body

is under

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Metabolic Stress

?During Starvation the

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body is in an emergency

condition

?Starved body has to get

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adapted

?And Manage with

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Endogeneous reserve

stores.
Survival Period During Starvation

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? Survival period during Starvation

depends upon the:

? Reserve Fat stores in Adiposecytes.

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?More content of TAG in Adiposecytes
?More is the duration of survival in

Starvation and vice a versa.

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Length Of Survival In Starvation

? Due to deprivation of only Food:

?3 to 4 Weeks

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?Longer up to 65 days

? Deprivation of water alone then

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survival is only for few days

?Less than a week

Effects Of Starvation

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OR

Human Body Adaptation In

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Starvation



Biochemical Alterations In

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Starvation
During Starvation

? No exogenous Food source ingested

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? Food Nutrients get deprived

? Body is in an emergency condition

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? Metabolic stress is developed

? Body manages and adapts to live on

the endogenous fuel stores.

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? Alterations in metabolic/biochemical

processes

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? The biochemical alterations during

Starvation are influenced by hormonal

actions.

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? Glucagon and Epinephrine in starvation

act upon the target organs

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? Stimulate metabolic pathways which

supply fuels and

? Improve survival phase during

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Starvation.
Different Modes

To Study Biochemical Adaptations

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During Starvation Phases

Study Of Biochemistry Of Starvation

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With Respect To

?Stages
?Metabolism
?Organs

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Occurrence Of

Four Stages During Starvation

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Metabolic Alterations During

Starvation

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Stages

Metabolic Process

First Stage

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Increased Glycogenolysis

Second Stage Increased Gluconeogenesis

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Third Stage

Increased Lipolysis/Fatty

acid Beta Oxidation

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Fourth Stage

Increased Ketogenesis
Alternative Adaptations

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In Different

Metabolic Processes

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During Starvation

Hormonal Alterations In Starvation

? Insulin secretion

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decreased

? Glucagon and Epinephrine

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increased
Hormonal Influences In Starvation



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Hormone

Source

Change in

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Secretion

Norepinephrine Sympathetic

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Nervous System


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Norepinephrine Adrenal Gland

Epinephrine

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Adrenal Gland


Thyroid

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Thyroid Gland



Hormone T4

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(changes to T3

peripherally)

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? When food is in Short supply
? Metabolic activity decreases

to spare fuel.

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? Conservation of energy is one

of the basic adaptive

responses to calorie reduction

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? The Hormones influences

the utilization of

endogenous reserve stores

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and

? Supply fuels to body

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organs during starvation

phase.

?Norepinephrine and T3

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participate to


?Decrease in metabolic

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activity when calorie

intake decreases.
Biochemical Adaptations Of

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Carbohydrate Metabolism

During Starvation Phase

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Carbohydrate Metabolism

In Liver During Starvation Phase

? Glycogenolysis Increased

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? Glycogenesis Decreased
? Gluconeogenesis Increased
? Glycolysis Decreased
? TCA operation Decreased
? HMP Shunt Decreased

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? Blood Glucose level Decreases (later stages)
? Cellular Glucose Deprivation (In Muscle Cells)
?PDH a Multi Enzyme

Complex is inhibited

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during Starvation.

Biochemical Alterations of

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Lipid Metabolism In Starvation
Lipid Metabolism During Starvation

? Lipolysis is Increased
? Mobilization of Free Fatty acids increased

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? Beta oxidation of Fatty acids increased
? Incomplete Fatty acid Oxidation increased
? Ketogenesis Increased
? Ketolysis Decreased
? Ketosis Noted (Ketoacidosis)-Rotheras Test +ve

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? Lipogenesis is Decreased

?Enzyme Acetyl Carboxylase

is inhibited during

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Starvation.


Increased Ketogenesis In Starvation

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What Happens? When Ketone body production

Exceeds than the Ketone body Utilization?

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? When?

? Cellular Glucose deprivations occurs in

? Uncontrol ed Diabetes

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? Prolonged Starvation

? Ketosis

? High levels of Ketone Bodies in blood and urine

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? Ketoacidosis

? Severe ketosis
? Lowered blood pH,

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? Nausea ,Acetone breath
? Coma, Death
Cure For Ketosis

? Ketosis Cured by infusion of

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Glucose.

Alterations In Protein Metabolism

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During Starvation
During Starvation

? Catabolism Of Muscle Proteins

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increased

? Transdeamination reaction of

Amino acids is increased

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? To release Glucogenic amino

acids

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? Ammonia Detoxification and

Urea production increased

initial y and decreased as

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Starvation phase prolongs.

? Body is in negative Nitrogen

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Balance.

? Concentration of Functional

Proteins Decreases.

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Glucose Nitrogen Ratio

Increased In Starvation

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During Starvation

Alterations Occur In

Water and Electrolyte

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And

Acid Base Balance

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? Reduction in Body Water
? Reduction of Potassium

ions

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? Acidic blood pH due to

increased Ketone bodies
?On prolonged phase of

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Starvation there results

?Severe dehydration and

Acid Base imbalance

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Alterations In BMR

?BMR is first affected in

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starvation.

?In starvation BMR is

Decreased.

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Biochemical Adaptations By Organs

During Starvation

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The Fasting State:

Glucagon stimulates glucose

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production and release in liver.

Also mobilizes the fatty acids

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(sparing Glucose for the Brain)

Differentiation In

Well Fed And Fasting States

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Of Human Body
WELL-FED STATE

FASTING STATE

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Hormones

Insulin

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Glucagon,

Adrenaline, Cortisol

Hyperglycemia

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Hypoglycemia

Response of

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Glycogenesis

Lipolysis

the body

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Lipogenesis

Ketogenesis

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Protein synthesis

Proteolysis

WELL-FED STATE

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FASTING STATE

Source of

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from stores

(Glycogen)

Glucose

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from food

Gluconeogenesis

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Fate of

Glycolysis

Glucose

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formation of Glycogen and

Glycolysis

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TAG stores
WELL-FED STATE

FASTING STATE

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Source of

from food TAG

from storage TAG

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Fatty acids

-oxidation

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Fate of Fatty

-oxidation

(Incomplete one)

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acids

synthesis of TAG and

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Store as Depot Fat

Ketogenesis

WELL-FED STATE

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FASTING STATE

Source of

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Amino acids

from food

From muscle Proteins

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Glucogenic amino

Fate of

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Protein synthesis

acids

Amino acids

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Produce Glucose via

Gluconeogenesis
Preferred fuels By Human body

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In the Well-Fed and Fasting States

Organs

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Well-Fed

Fasting

Liver

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Glucose & Fatty

Fatty acids

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acids

Resting skeletal

Glucose &

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Fatty acids & KB

Muscle

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Fatty acids

Cardiac muscle

Fatty acids

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FA,AA & KB

Adipose tissue

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Glucose

Fatty acids

Brain

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Glucose

Glucose ,Later KB

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RBCs

Glucose

Glucose

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BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF EARLY FASTING STATE

Blood Glucose levels decreases

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65 mg/dl

Active Glycogenolysis

Muscle and Liver

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Shift of metabolic fuel from Glucose to fatty

acidsFatty acid mobilization from adipose tissues

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Gluconeogenesis

Glucose Alanine cycle
BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF STARVED STATE

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GLUCOSE levels more decreased

40 mg/dL

PROTEIN CATABOLISM increased

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Sequesters Nitrogen as urea
Excretes 20 to 30 grams daily

Gluconeogenesis taking place using precursors as

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Amino acids
Lactate
Glycerol

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KETONE BODIES increased

Acetyl CoA converted to ketone bodies via Ketogenesis

In Prolonged Starvation

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? After 3 days of Starvation -> Liver

forms large amounts of Ketone

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bodies

( Due to shortage of Oxaloacetate)
? Ketone Bodies -> released into blood
? Brain and Heart start to use ketone

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bodies as fuel during phase of

Starvation.

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Starvation Of Several Weeks

? After several weeks of starvation ->

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Ketone bodies become major fuel of

Brain

? After depletion of TAG stores

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? Proteins degradation accelerates
? Death due to loss of Heart, Liver,

and Kidney function.

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FUEL CHOICE DURING STARVATION

1. Insulin

6. Ketone bodies

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5. Fatty acids

2.Glucagon

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24

Hours of Starvation

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Changes Of Liver Glycogen Content

During Starvation

? Fuel changes from Glucose to Fatty acids to

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Ketone bodies
Metabolic Response To Fasting

Fasting ? Early Stage

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Muscle

Alanine / Pyruvate

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Brain

Glucose

Glutamine

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Glycerol

Gluconeogenesis

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Ketogenesis

Ketones

Fat

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AGL

Liver

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Ureagenesis

Ketones

Urea

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NH3

Kidney

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Intestine




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Fasting ? Late Stage

Muscle

Alanine / Pyruvate

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Brain

Glucose

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Glutamine

Glycerol

Gluconeogenesis

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Fat

Ketogenesis

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Ketones

AGL

Liver

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Ureagenesis

Ketones

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Urea

NH3

Kidney

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Intestine

Energy Expenditure in Starvation

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Long CL et al. JPEN 1979;3:452-456
Consequences Of Starvation

? Severe Malnutrition

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? Damages and affects vitality of Important Internal Organs

? Decreased BMR

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? Night blindness (Vitamin A deficiency)

? Scurvy (Vitamin C deficiency)

? Irregular Menses

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? Constipation

? Low Immunity

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? Bone Loss

? Anaemia (Iron and Protein deficiency)

? Fatigue

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? Dehydration

? Water Electrolyte Imbalance

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? High Blood Pressure

? Brain Defects

? Death

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Questions
? Explain the different stages of

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starvation & biochemical alterations

in the body during these stages.

OR

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? Biochemical alterations/adaptations

during starvation.

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? Describe the role of following

organs during various stages of

starvation

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? Liver
? Brain
? Muscles
? Adipose tissues

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