3. Your skin is dry, flaky and itchy.
Believe it or not, not eating enough creates a deficiency of fatty oils like vitamins A, D and E, which are responsible for maintaining healthy, smooth skin.
4. You’ve got tummy troubles.
When you’re basically in starvation mode, your intestinal lining has difficulty digesting food properly as well as absorbing vital vitamins and minerals. In turn, creating clogged pipes, constipation and diarrhea.
5. You can’t get pregnant.
Low calorie dieting and inadequate body fat lead to infertility, experts say. Women may also experience menstrual irregularity, which can lead to a condition called hypothalamic amenorrhea, making it difficult for you to conceive as well as cause physiological changes like adrenal fatigue and euthyroid sick syndrome.
So, how much is ‘enough’?
Experts suggest (for maintenance) that dieters estimate their BMI (basal metabolic rate) using the following formula, to determine calories needed each day – which of course, is dependent upon weight: