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#66 - Nature Wants Us to Be Fat (Dr. Casey Means & Dr. Richard Johnson)
LEVELS – A Whole New Level
The Metaboxcendrum Is a Survival Response
When you burn fat, you make water. And it turns out that a lot of animals have fat so that they can provide a source of water. Like the whale doesn't drink sea water, and so where does it get its fresh water? It gets it from the food it eats, but it also getting it from the fat that it makes. So fat turns out to be a survival tolit is a good thing for animals in the wild,. especially when they're in situations where food and water are not easily accessible.
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