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Re:Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is r... by toomim on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @03:38AM (#39187733)
And fasting has been a part of human spiritual (read: "psychological") practices for millennia. It's no surprise that it does something to the psyche.
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Re:Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is r... by gibagger on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @07:12AM (#39189186)
Regardless of spiritual or psychological practices. Fact is food was generally nowhere near as available as it is now for the vast majority of our evolution as a species.

We didn't evolve around day-long snacking.

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