Fasting quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Why can standing up quickly during a fast cause sudden lightheadedness?

   Answer: Temporary drop in blood pressure

   Why: Fasting prompts the kidneys to shed sodium and water, lowering blood volume and making blood pressure dip upon standing.

2. 2 Medium

   Which modern health movement is most famous for promoting intermittent fasting?

   Answer: biohacking

   Why: Biohacking reaches far past mealtimes: its grinder scene performs DIY surgery to slot magnets and RFID chips under the skin.

3. 3 Hard

   Which process provides the majority of blood glucose after 24 hours?

   Answer: gluconeogenesis

   Why: The liver builds it from lactate, glycerol and amino acids once the stored sugar has run out.

4. 4 Easy

   Which medical procedure uses a lighted camera to examine the stomach?

   Answer: Upper endoscopy

   Why: In 1868 Adolf Kussmaul threaded a rigid lighted tube into a circus sword swallower's stomach, the first attempt at gastroscopy.

5. 5 Medium

   Which reptile is most famous for surviving months without any food?

   Answer: snake

   Why: In a 168 day starvation study, pythons, ratsnakes and rattlesnakes all lost weight yet still grew about 4 percent longer.

6. 6 Hard

   Which mineral is the most critical to monitor during refeeding syndrome?

   Answer: phosphorus

   Why: Insulin drives phosphate into cells as soon as feeding restarts, and the crash can be fatal.