Chapter 648: Dirt Can Be Eaten
After crossing countless glaciers and trekking through dozens of kilometers of ice fields, we finally arrived at the real Greenland.
The hard rocks like ice and the light gray soil under the thick layer of snow are so friendly that you can't help but kneel down and kiss them.
The earth is the destination of mankind.
Bifang leaned against the stone, feeling a little dizzy, which was a symptom of hypoglycemia.
"I haven't eaten for three days."
In front of the camera, Bifang said this calmly, accompanied by a burning pain in his stomach. Quite tired, he leaned against a rock, closed his eyes, and took a simple rest.
After so many live broadcasts, this was the longest time he had gone without eating. The large amount of gastric acid secreted could not be neutralized, making his stomach feel like a fireball was stuffed in it, burning and stinging.
"It is not possible to give a specific answer to how long a person can survive without food. In 2006, a Japanese hiker, Mitsuhiko Uchikoshi, unfortunately fell off a mountain during a mountaineering trip. He was unable to move and survived for 24 days by drinking rainwater."
"In 2011, Peter Kelsberg, a Swedish man, was caught in an avalanche while driving. He survived for two months in his car, which was completely covered with snow, just by eating snow. "
"In 2003, the ugly American magician David Blaine lived in a transparent glass box by the Thames River, live-broadcasting 24 hours a day, drinking only water and not eating anything. He persisted for 44 days before coming out. After coming out, he lost 20 kilograms, but his other physical indicators were basically intact."
"This shows that if the human body does not eat and only drinks water, it can survive for a long time, but it will definitely be very weak."
[Stop talking, I’m already feeling hungry]
[I was so scared that I quickly ate three bowls of rice]
[Three bowls? You won’t die of bloating]
[I tried this before when I was losing weight. I was very hungry on the first day, but I could still bear it. On the second day, I couldn’t control myself, and my body felt cold easily. On the third day, I was suddenly not hungry anymore, but I was obviously weak and had no strength at all. And my body would wake up early automatically, and I didn’t need to set the alarm clock at all. I fell asleep easily.]
[Haha, it’s so easy to fall asleep. I’m so afraid I won’t be able to wake up.]
[Low blood sugar is very dangerous and it will easily pass if you don’t replenish it in time]
"It's not a good idea to lose weight by not eating." Bifang opened his eyes, glanced at the comments and reminded, "Not eating, or eating less, will automatically put the body into a low metabolic state, which is a state of 'making do with what you have'."
"In 1944, Ansel Keys of the University of Minnesota in the United States conducted a starvation experiment. This was a rather inhumane experiment, and the process was quite complicated. I won't go into details, but there was a control experiment in it, which can be understood as eating normally first, then starving, and then eating normally again. Does it sound like a normal diet to lose weight?"
Many viewers nodded subconsciously.
After all, it is impossible to diet forever, and your diet will always return to normal later.
"Dizziness, hair loss, edema, fear of cold, light, sound, blurred vision, persistent tinnitus, slow reaction..."
Bifang suddenly uttered a series of words, and finally said: "These are the sequelae of the experiment. No one who participated in the experiment was exempt from it."
【？ ？ ？】
[What the hell, so serious? ]
"The experiment is extreme. Our daily weight loss is certainly not that serious, but we also need to be vigilant. The calorie formula we have always been familiar with is actually wrong. Many people think that reducing calorie intake means losing weight, which is wrong because intake and expenditure can never be equated."
"Everyone has a balance system in their body. If we eat less, our body will enter a low-energy mode and reduce consumption, which means lowering body temperature , strength, and the brain's ability to regulate. You will become weak, irritable, and depressed."
"It's easy to reduce consumption, but difficult to increase it. Once you adapt to the low-consumption mode, even if you eat the same amount of food as before, you can't increase your metabolism unless you do a lot of exercise in a short period of time."
"So when you start eating normally again, you take in the same amount of energy as before the diet, but your energy expenditure has not increased. Instead, your body will store more energy , which is fat. This is the rebound that many people will encounter."
[Fuck, I suddenly realized]
[No wonder my sister gains weight back within a month after every weight loss, and even more weight, over and over again]
[Show it to my girlfriend (dog head)]
"To lose weight, you still need to exercise more and improve your metabolism while maintaining a normal amount of food. You don't need to change your food structure, and it's best to chew slowly."
"Many times, the reactions of the stomach and the brain are inconsistent. The stomach is full, but the brain does not realize that it is full and keeps sending hunger signals."
【True, while the brain hasn’t reacted yet】
After taking a short rest, Bifang stood up again and stepped on the ground. A sense of fulfillment turned into a sense of heroism that filled his whole body.
"This is truly the world's largest island. It connects the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. To the west, it faces North America across the strait. To the north, it borders the Arctic Ocean. To the south, it borders the Atlantic Ocean. To the east, it faces Iceland in Europe across the Denmark Strait."
"In Greenland, snowflakes fly all year round. Even in midsummer, the weak sunlight cannot melt all the snow on the ground. Moreover, during the long polar winter nights, the sun always hides below the horizon and refuses to show up, making the climate even colder and the snow piles up thicker and thicker."
"For hundreds of years, the coldness of Greenland has not changed significantly. The mountains of ice and snow could not withstand the strong pressure and gradually turned into light blue transparent ice, covering the entire land of Greenland. The thickness is more than 1,500 meters, and the thickest is more than 3,000 meters."
Bifang pointed at a mountain range not far away, which was covered with thick white snow. He didn't know whether it was a rocky mountain or a glacier. From the appearance alone, there was no difference between the two.
These huge glaciers will slide down the sloping mountains to the vast ocean. Under the combined effects of ocean currents, tides, waves and sunlight, they will gradually break up, making loud noises, and break into huge clumps that drift with the waves.
Along the way, the sun, wind, rain, and waves eroded them into various shapes, like magnificent pyramids, mountains, and bridge holes. They are all strange and spectacular.
Some of these icebergs are thousands of meters long and hundreds of meters high, just like a floating island.
However, this is only the height that people can see. Under water, seven or eight tenths of its body are still hidden. It is conceivable how huge it is.
"Arctic icebergs separate from glaciers and drift independently, which can last for two years and travel 3,000 kilometers in the ocean."
"When it reached the warm sea, it could no longer survive and melted, disappearing without a trace."
"But in the Baffin Bay area, when the icebergs are at their sharpest, they often bring endless disasters to the ships of polar explorers."
" But that has nothing to do with us."
Bifang's majestic tone suddenly became relaxed.
"I'm starving now. I just want to eat some food. Even dirt will do."
