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Re:Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment by DanBC on Monday September 02, 2019 @03:42PM (#20861362)
It's the CICO crowd who are ignoring basic science when they claim the human body will perfectly digest food.

Across time a person's ability to extract calories from food changes because their gut flora changes.

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Re:Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment by wtallis on Monday September 02, 2019 @05:23PM (#20861865)
> It's the CICO crowd who are ignoring basic science when they claim the human body will perfectly digest food.

That's not at all what anyone is claiming when they say you need to run a calorie deficit to lose weight.

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