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Re:How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from d... by RBerenguel on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:34AM (#16551960)
Fat tissue is a collector of some kinds of toxins (don't remember exactly which now) and some heavy metals (heh). Going into fat burning actually releases these into your system (which should be bad, though)
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Re:How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from d... by Pete_D on Friday March 09, 2018 @02:05PM (#16554024)
Are you thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_organic_pollutant ?
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Re:How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from d... by RBerenguel on Saturday March 10, 2018 @09:11AM (#16558519)
Yup that was it, thanks!
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