Is eating 1000 calories a day safe or do you think your body can't survive on that caloric deficit?

@Mamapolo2016 I would imagine way way less than 2000 calories.

@SimplyTracie That's what I imagined, too, but it looks like we were wrong.

Even Somalia (ave daily calories per capita - 1695) and N Korea (1318) although among the worst fed, take in more than I would have expected. The problem is that calories and nourishment do not equate. As always happens when we face a serious problem, we define 'starving' endlessly instead of giving nutrition where it's needed.

@Mamapolo2016 I agree. Totally different ways of looking at diets.

@justicexoxoxo Why is having a deficit important to you? Most important is a proper diet. For example, I believe you need calcium in your diet to ward off diseases like osteoporosis.

@SimplyTracie I'm trying to meet a specific weight goal. I eat lots of fruit. I do get what you're saying. It's true.

@justicexoxoxo It’s a 100% confusing topic. Hundreds of dietitians around with 100’s of diets to choose from. Too many authors.

One thing I do believe in is that we should eat meat sparingly.

@Bruja How many calories, if you don't mind me asking?

@justicexoxoxo also depends on you current weight and condition of the body . Somehow it's need to make sense , what is the purpose of eating only 1000 cal. If you are at the age where your body needs more to develop , you will suffer when you get older.

@Khenpal1 I did it a few times to lose weight. That wasn't my regular strict diet. I know that's dangerous. I did it a few days, not in a row but in total out of a few weeks.

@justicexoxoxo I would mean , it could make more sense in spring where after winther one could detoxify .Otherwise depends if the 1000 cal are well balanced

I was surprised to learn that's not actually true.

I thought it was true, too.@mrmoose