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> > our bodies are designed for scarcity

> This is something that's been forgotten in many countries ...

This requires either a Biblical citation (substitute your religious text of choice) or (preferably) citations from peer-reviewed journals.

I've read Eat Stop Eat and do a 24-hour water/coffee/tea fast once a week, but I don't buy these sorts of justifications that appear rooted in a misunderstanding of Darwinian evolution.

* "Non-survival of the least fit" is a better summary than "survival of the fittest".

* Even if our bodies were incredibly well optimized for the conditions present during most of our recent evolution, that does NOT imply that those conditions are optimal for our bodies. [Affirming the consequent]

* Lots of things will make a person feel "healthy" or mild euphoria, particularly when a person has become accustomed to a low baseline for a couple of days. Subjective anecdotes aren't a substitute for quantitative measures of health.

On a side note, detoxification from unspecified toxins is often accepted as an axiom without journal citation or other justification apart from subjective mood following the fast/cleanse.

Edited for formatting.



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