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Re:Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss? by bjoli on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:00AM (#30624358)
A colleague of mine decided to do an orthodox fast like his Romanian mother. In whatever how many weeks it was, he ended up losing 6kg and dropping his total cholesterol by something like 100 points.

He now eats mostly pescetarian.

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Re:Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss? by bin_bash on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:47AM (#30625860)
Reminds me of Loma Linda in California. The healthiest community in the country is made up of highly religious Christian, vegetarian teetotalers.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/longevity-blue-zone-we...

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Re:Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss? by palindrome818 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:26AM (#30626141)
the blue zone diets are all really interesting because it really makes the point that, while what you eat is important, there are huge variances. Like that Japanese blue zone that eats spam
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