Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So they're essentially not ovulating anymore.

And in fact, you mentioned like wanting to get shredded for the summer.

Well, I actually in my 20s.

Was was doing this very thing where I mean, I was running like 10 miles a day and I was eating like carrots and hummus and that's it.

You know, it was like not fueling myself.

No, like hardly any fat.

You know, it was very like very sort of like low protein diet.

you know, low fat diet.

And I definitely got shredded ish, but like I became a burneretic for several months, you know, where I just didn't get my period and I wasn't ovulating.

And so I had to add back the calories and the food.

It was like, and it took a while before my body kind of like recalibrated.

But I feel like that's kind of like the analogy that like women, it is, it's like your body shuts down.

It's like, okay, I'm not getting enough calories.

Um,

Reproduction is not essential right now.

Survival mode, right?

Not reproductive, like happy growth mode.

It's like survival mode.

That's wild.

Yeah.