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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

lazarus

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Reply to EvolveOrConvolve (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:42 PM

Jan 2012

the only problem with the atkins diet, to me, was how boring it was. I couldn't stay on it for more than a few months, and the weight came right back.

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