Your personality changes based on what you eat. And your constant worry about your health, food obsession, and low energy may not just be “in your head”... they can be direct, physiological symptoms from a Low Energy Availability (LEA) state.

In this episode, we dive deep into Chapters 40 & 41 of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment: one of the most revealing studies on what happens to the human mind under low energy availability (LEA) - not eating enough food for the body's needs.

We break down the shocking data on how semi-starvation systematically changed the subjects' personalities, leading to hypochondria, depression, hysteria, and more.

This isn't just history. It’s a lens to understand the modern dieting struggle, anxiety, and why willpower often fails.

We connect the 1944 data to today's health crisis and explain what this means for you.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• The 3 personality traits that increased most dramatically during starvation (you’ve likely felt these).

• Why subjects became obsessed with self-diagnosis and “Google doctoring”, and how to reverse it.

• The critical difference between a psychological issue and a physiological signal from an energy-deprived brain.

• What happened during rehabilitation: How long it took for their minds to recover, and the crucial lesson for anyone coming out of a diet.

• Modern application: Why long, drawn-out fat loss phases can be damaging, and what a smarter approach looks like.

This experiment is proof that personality is not static, it changes with your metabolic state.

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