Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "A TERRIBLE start for the Stalingrad Airlift! BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E40" video.

  1. Dear TIK. You just complained about us complaining of your lack of degrees in nutrition, then you state that a 2400kcal/day is "low, but not starvation level" for a trooper in winter combat. You are incorrect. That is surely a starvation level amount of food. They needed at least twice more, three times as much if they were tall (and show me a man who can survive combat on 7 cigarettes a day...). We are not attacking you, we are trying to inform you.
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  2.  @eliasthienpont6330  " 2000 kCal is indeed what an average person requires " Requires for what? Sitting in a warm room? " in the freezing Russian steps during actual combat 4000 kCal is almost enough " Before their rations were cut, they consumed 4.7 Kcal/day. 700 Kcal/day of excess would result in them gaining, what 5kg per month? Well, 30*700/4 = ~5kg indeed (converted to "bacon" of bodyweight). Were they fat? The thing is, if you are short of that many calories per day, you will be losing bodyweight at a similar rate. Royal Navy during the age of sail consumed about 5 Kcal/day/man. Were they fat? Competitive athletes may require 6 Kcal/day for men and 4 Kcal/day for women. Are they fat? If not, then that's what they need . It's no magic, it's thermodynamics. Even current day MREs amount to about 3.8 Kcal/day, but that's an emergency food. " food package in the USA [...] assuming a 2000 KCal diet " Get out of the car, walk to work, do physical work , then try to keep your bodyweight on 2 Kcal/day. People, use logic. If 4.7 Kcal/day was what sustained the soldiers during summer, then in winter they needed more in order to function at their full potential. 5.5-ish, or so. That's on average. Big guys needed even more than that.
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  3.  @uffa00001  Your body enters starvation mode when the deficit is around 1200 cal/day. It's not based on the amount of calories consumed , it's based on the deficit . They were lacking at least 2000 cal/day. Deep in the starvation zone.
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  4.  @uffa00001  Yes, of course I agree. People will lose a lot of weight, become lethargic, their mental capabilities will diminish, but they won't die for a long time.
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