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How many days can you live without food? [duplicate]
I am a Malaysian. A few days ago, one of my country's political speakers claimed he didn't eat anything for 10 days, and he just survived by drinking water.
This phenomenon really make me interested ...
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Can egg shells be digested?
I tried Googling but got no significant trustworthy result in the top few searches. The only reference I found is here: where the answered has guaranteed it without any reference!
Yes Egg shell is ...
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Does gliadin in wheat stimulate appetite to the point of obesity?
Dr William Davis claims that the protein gliadin in wheat (at least, strains grown since the '60s or so) stimulates appetite, leading to obesity. He has released a book on the topic, called Wheat ...
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Can pumpkin/sunflower/flax/sesame/other seeds regulate hormones?
My wife has started using a technique using various seeds through various times to regulate hormone balance. Does this have any merit?
Here's an example of using seeds as a supplement to regulate ...
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Can a single cup of coffee help a person to wake up and be more focused?
There are many examples of people claiming they need their morning cup of coffee in order to be able to function at their normal level:
NIC blog:
Like many early morning risers, I need my morning ...
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Does a typical human on a western diet have undigested protein stuck in their body from years of eating certain foods?
Last night I watched the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. The movie followed two unhealthy people who suffered from a chronic disease on their juice fasts and subsequent lifestyle changes. Their ...
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Should we drink water before we feel thirsty?
The claim is that we should be drinking water routinely to the point that we never feel thirsty, and that to not be doing so is to our detriment, at least enough for the notion to be popular amongst ...
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Does eating chocolate make you high?
This page, as well as many others, says:
Like other palatable sweet foods, consumption of chocolate triggers the release of endorphins, the body's endogenous opiates. Enhanced endorphin-release ...
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Do things taste better if they contain nutrients that the body needs?
Is there any evidence for the theory that things taste better if they contain nutrients that the body needs?
I had a banana this morning and it tasted great. Is that why?
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Does the current food pyramid outline good dietary choices? [closed]
It's generally understood that the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid, originally published in the well-known graphic form in 1992, was at the time of its publishing outdated, gives misinformation, and at ...
