I agree with this quote whole heartedly, and I mostly agree with the notion that metabolic damage isn’t really what most folks make it out to be. I speak on my own experience and opinion, and mostly for what I’ve experiences as a female so I’m no expert, but I have gone through some things.
I think metabolic damage( serious damage) in its entirety is a threshold that has death right around the corner depending on how quickly you decide to fix it, or if you even can fix it, and visions of painfully obese, or terrifyingly bone thin people come to mind, or instances concerning being beyond shredded with not an ounce of fat anywhere, but I would say that this is doubled when PEDs, diuretics, fat burners, etc. are used excessively.
I’d agree that metabolic disturbances are what people of all shapes and sizes and age ranges come into contact with, which can call for limiting calories, upping calories, manipulation of macros, cardio, or changes in sleep, sex, age etc. But I wouldn’t equate that with damage whatsoever. Now, that I think about it I wouldn’t even call it disturbances, more so just changes.
I’ve said this multiple times on here, but I’ll keep saying it again because I think it provides some perspective, but I’ve spent the last 14 years practically emaciated, and struggling with an eating disorder, and have only been “officially” recovered for about 2 years and some odd months. I got to the point of amenorrhea, hair loss, lanugo, parts of my hands developed blueish tints from low blood circulation, insanely low blood pressure, and a brief period of time where I was experiencing bradycardia. Even considering that most of my developmental ages were spent being way too thin, I really don’t think the majority of the human population experience metabolic damage whatsoever. I myself, have not damaged my metabolism to the point of no return because here I am, and I seem to be progressing perfectly fine. Even now, while I’m trying to trim off some extra pounds, I don’t struggle with anything that would remotely resemble damage. I experience some metabolic changes.
Usually from what I’ve been eating, how much of it I’ve been eating, how much I have or have not been sleeping, menstruation, water consumption (as mentioned before),how I react to my medication, how heavy my training has been or how frequent it has been, etc. but that’s no different than what others experience. Male or female.