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Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

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Why Do We Not Make Vitamin C?

Our prime ancestors had a mutation in this gene, the uricase genes. So they couldn't break down uric acid. Their uric acid levels would go up, trigger their fat production, and they would survive. And that becomes a really interesting story that we didn't cover specifically but I think it's fascinating nonetheless. Why do we as human beings not make vitamin C? We have to talk about that because it's not as well, it sucks to be human.

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