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Re:Keto diet works best in small doses, mouse study finds by unixhero on Thursday February 13, 2020 @04:13PM (#22321484)
Would you mind explaining autophagy debt?
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Re:Keto diet works best in small doses, mouse study finds by ackshually on Friday February 14, 2020 @05:35AM (#22325463)
Autophagy is the natural, regulated mechanism of the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components. It allows the orderly degradation and recycling of cellular components.

The debt would be a buildup of those components.

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