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Jan 2021
11m 10s

Our Fasting Fascination

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
About this episode

Fasting studies are coming out, fast and furious. Here are two new ones.

This episode features audio from The Benefits of Fasting for Healing and The World’s Largest Fasting Study. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related to this podcast.

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