NancyLebovitz comments on The Unfinished Mystery of the Shangri-La Diet - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 March 2014 12:39:38PM 0 points [-]

Rats that overproduce insulin can die of starvation despite being obese - the body gets energy by breaking down muscle - including heart muscle - in order to preserve the fat.

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