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Re:Peter Thiel: I'm on human growth hormone [video] by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:19PM (#8765332)
> there is a window where I'm rather productive and less ADD when I'm fasting.

Something happens to the brain during prolonged fasting (within reason), and it's something that seems pretty darn good overall.

If you practice meditation, fasting seems to help a lot.

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Re:Peter Thiel: I'm on human growth hormone [video] by kylebrown on Thursday December 18, 2014 @11:17AM (#8767956)
There are benefits to fasting for 10 hours: http://www.sciencealert.com/new-research-suggests-you-make-b...

The research was also summarized as "always gamble on an empty stomach."

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