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Why studying intermittent fasting is hard

It's easy to research the diets of mice when they are in a controlled environment. However, human studies are more complicated as they need to be in a controlled environment with controlled diets.

Instead, studies track what people eat from what they report. But people underestimate their calorie intake and overestimate the energy they spend, misrepresenting what they ate.

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Sometimes the most important life lessons are the ones we end up learning the hard way.

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