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#30 - Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D.: Controversial discussion—cancer as a mitochondrial metabolic disease?

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The Effects of Calory Restrictions on Seizures

When the body is restricted of calories, you then make keytones. The level cetosis was also seen in the cow. It would b like a human doing water only fasting. You don't want to go to the level of what we call starvation. If you start breaking down muscle, then you enter into a new physiological state called starvation. And that's very pathological. Some people get so carried away with with water only fasting, can enter into starvation mode. But as long as they're healthy, calory restriction is generally a healthy thing.

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