Why does the human body store fat endlessly?

Question by Neurofractal: Why does the human body store fat endlessly?

Why isn’t there a mechanism that determins when enough fat has been stored before it becomes unhealthy.

I mean, if I want to fill my gas tank more than capacity, the gas will squirt out of the tank. But the human body is like a gas tank which would grow the more as you put more gas.

It would be stupid to design a small car with a gas tank the size of a train. Nature should’ve predicted this.
Reply to silver_princ…,

REMOVE your answer NOW, or else I will post insults and put-downs on all your future questions. Also, you’ve been reported and I will report all your future answers and questions.

You’re STUPID and you assume things about me. I’m NOT fat, just curious about this fact of the human body. Some Ass_holes like you cannot answer a question without attacking the questioner. Please fall off a cliff and make us all happy.

Best answer:

Answer by Aaron
You underestimate the benefit to having a giant “gas tank”. You’d be grateful for an expandable gas tank if you were constantly worried about where your next fill-up was coming from!

Your body’s fat storage strategy evolved in an environment where food supply was *uncertain*! Storing as much fat as your body could possibly accommodate made sure you weren’t *dead* by the time you next found food.

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