Sentences with phrase «in times of famine»

This is an evolutionary adaptation to slow your metabolism in times of famine (for more information on this, take a look at my Safety Theory).

It's how they survived in times of famine.

While you have chosen to believe in a book written by bronze age sheepherders who thought the earth was flat and promoted selling your daughter for a good price, that you'd go to hell for eating shellfish, and that you can eat your children in times of famine.

The rat, of course, has been eaten in times of famine everywhere but only a few cultures still serve it as a regular food item, often as a street food snack (the rats on the left have been flattened and quick fried).

There are clear downsides to this mutation, but it conveys advantage in times of famine.

It's thought to be an evolved mechanism that allowed humankind to stay (relatively) healthy and functioning in times of famine or during long northern winters that were inhospitable to growing carbs (ie: fruits, vegetables, and grains).

In generations past, when finding your next meal was not as easy as opening your fridge, this mechanism could help your body to hold on to valuable energy stores and survive longer in times of famine.

Since cavemen frequently went days without food, their bodies learned to burn fewer calories in times of famine, which is how your body reacts to a very low - calorie diet.

Leptin and ghrelin have evolved as a highly effective mechanism to keep us from starving to death in times of famine.

It is an evolutionary fall - back that was useful in times of famine or in hibernating animals to lower metabolism.

Leopard gecko tails are used to store fat; they can use this reserve in times of famine when food sources are sparse.

The Inca provided for each other in time of famine and everyone was merely in survival mode.

When nutrients are scarce, as in times of famine, available nutrients will be devoted to the most urgent functions — fuctions that promote immediate survival.

Let us follow his example, for after all it is his Church and his Grace, and the principle is self - evident: the more seeds you sow, the more plants will grow especially, it seems to me, in time of famine.

That is nature's way of ensuring that in times of famine, the mother's body would be still able to produce a healthy fat reach milk for the baby to guarantee baby's growth, baby's development and of course, baby's survival.

Our body, it's kind of a signal to our body and our genome that we're in a time of famine.

The genetic theory being that in times of famine, nature wants to keep species alive so they are around to reproduce when food supplies are better.

• Low energy levels makes our body think we are in a time of famine.

# 1: Eskimos only did that in times of FAMINE and when they did, it was a very heartbreaking and emotional scene.

«I will store the rice safely,» the raja promised the people, «so that in time of famine, everyone will have rice to eat, and no one will go hungry.»

In times of famine or over population, wild animals will fight and force the weaker ones off the turf to go find their own territory.