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Re:Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' du... by jmartinpetersen on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:20PM (#16941963)
As I recall the fast itself isn't that dangerous, it's when you start eating again it gets dicey.
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Re:Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' du... by code_duck on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:40PM (#16942154)
Do you recall for what reasons? Fat storage in metabolism?
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Re:Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' du... by jerrycruncher on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:42PM (#16942668)
There's a host of variables in play:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome

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