The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.
If you donât take in enough calories every day, you may not be as fast and as strong as you could be, and may even break down rather than build up your muscles. 1  Donât skip meals. It is too hard to make up the lost food later.  Add a healthy snack between breakfast and lunch, lunch and dinner, and right before bed.
Your metabolism is never sleeping or completely broken; its processes are going on every minute of every day. Of course, your metabolism may not be maximized to work the best it can. Everyone has to eat and drink, but your body could go for weeks without food. Your metabolism is programmed to conserve the energy for when you absolutely need it.