| Weight - a lifetime battle
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| | in the society.
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| If we look back to my "early years" I
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| | So, together with my mother, I tried
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| realise that I had problems with my
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| | somehow to organise the eating habits of
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| weight as long as I can remember. I was a
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| | our family in a way, which would enable
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| chubby during Kindergarden, I was a
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| | me to lose some weight and carry on an
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| chubby child in school and I was chubby
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| | active weight management.
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| teenager. Never really on the fat side of
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| | As you probably know by yourselves, this
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| life, but always with a little bit too
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| | was the time when counting of calories
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| much weight on my bones. Appetite control
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| | came in fashion, when watching sugar, fat
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| or healthy weight loss were never even
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| | and carbohydrates became quite normal
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| discussed in our family and, as far as I
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| | amongst the female part of the society,
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| know, in other families. Both my parents
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| | weight watchers made their first real
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| liked a good meal, both did not count
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| | public appearances, in general: weight
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| calories and the portions were always
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| | management suddenly was normal! At least
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| more than enough.
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| | for most people, but clearly not for my
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| You have to understand, we are talking
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| | father! For him weight management was
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| the sixties and early seventies. Weight
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| | plain and simple a modern way to take a
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| loss or even healthy weight loss was not
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| | away the good tasting, homemade food and
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| discussed amongst people, the medias were
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| | replace it vegetables and plain rice.
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| not yet aware of health and weight
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| | My father clearly opposing any sort of
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| issues. Nobody spent a thought about
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| | weight management, it was left for me and
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| appetite control, because now was really
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| | my mother to do it and we tried more or
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| the first time after World War II, where
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| | less every diet and every meal plan, we
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| almost everybody had enough to eat, the
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| | could find. Some was easy and clearly
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| economy was recovering and for most
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| | understandably, some were more of the
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| people and families the life got better
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| | "spherical" kind. Some worked really
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| and better. Nobody wanted to control
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| | well, others were spectacularly
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| anything and for sure nobody was
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| | unsuccessful.
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| interested in appetite control, because
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| | This way I spent my teenage years and my
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| eating was just too nice.
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| | early adulthood with changing weight. A
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| The biggest blame, if one really wants to
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| | diet worked for some time, I lost weight.
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| use the word, was to put on my granny.
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| | Then it got boring or I lost my
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| For her it was important to have always
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| | self-control, I gained the weight again.
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| enough, better more than enough, food on
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| | My weight management was very clearly
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| the table and in the house. For her
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| | trial and error. And this up and down
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| having some overweight was not bad, it
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| | stayed with me until my first child.
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| was necessary to survive the next war.
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| | Although I never reached the ultra slim
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| For sure, she did not want to hear
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| | look I actually was going for, I finally
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| anything about appetite control. Quite
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| | found the boyfriend, who was the real
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| contrary, I remember her saying many
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| | thing. We met during on of my "skinnier"
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| times that I should be happy that I have
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| | times and during the years we were
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| such a "healthy" appetite. Healthy weight
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| | together, he got acquainted to my "shape
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| loss, although obviously never mentioned,
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| | shifting". He, although being not really
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| would have been an oxymoron for her.
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| | overweight, was willing and able, to join
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| Years, actually decades, later I do not
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| | me in my diet plans. Eating the same
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| have a hard time to understand her and I
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| | stuff as I, he soon also experienced some
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| certainly hold no grudge. Experiencing
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| | ups and downs in his weight. All the
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| and surviving two big wars and bringing
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| | different diet plans we tried, were not
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| children through the second, certainly
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| | all completely successful, but overall
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| was not an easy life and things like
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| | the diet plans delivered, what they were
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| diet, appetite control or healthy weight
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| | promising.
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| loss, were never even crossing her mind,
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| | At that time we did not know that we were
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| because everybody was basically trying to
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| | more or less lab-rats for big companies,
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| stay alive and not to starve.
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| | news papers and "diet-specialists".
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| Be that as it may, during my childhood
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| | Nobody knew then that the research on
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| and my first teenage-years I was on the
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| | food and diets, what was healthy and what
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| heavy side and not even unhappy about it.
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| | was not, was more a matter of trial and
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| Most other kids were the same as I was, I
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| | error. Whenever they announced new diet
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| always had friends. Never being the most
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| | plans, it was more guessing than knowing.
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| popular kid, never being unpopular. Just
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| | Some of the diet plans they recommended
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| running with the majority and within this
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| | twenty years ago, would be nowadays
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| majority, nobody discussed, or thought
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| | actual reason for court cases.
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| about, diets, appetite control, or
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| | For example, amongst these diet plans,
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| healthy weight loss. We were just a bunch
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| | there was a "grapefruit & egg" diet,
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| of happy, chubby kids, playing, running
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| | which recommended over the course of
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| around and just having fun and nobody
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| | three weeks no less than 126 eggs (3
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| thought that anything is wrong with that.
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| | minutes) and 42 grapefruits. Additional
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| Getting out of my childhood and out of
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| | there was a little bit of cooked fish and
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| puberty, I still was not on the slim side
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| | once a week, a poached chicken breast.
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| of life. Clearly at that age, I am
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| | Lets not even talk about cholesterol
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| talking 16, 17, one gets really and
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| | (science nowadays would say that 126 eggs
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| seriously interested in the "other half"
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| | are enough for two years!); the only real
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| of mankind, or as some call it: men! And
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| | success after the three weeks was that
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| unfortunately this was also the time,
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| | you started vomiting, by just seeing an
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| when I first realised that being slightly
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| | egg or a grapefruit.
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| overweight might be a good thing for a
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| | All these diet plans had one thing in
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| war, but was seriously limiting my
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| | common: you lost weight during the diet
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| chances with the boys. So I began "weight
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| | and you started gaining weight again,
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| management" or better, what I believed at
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| | roughly three weeks after stopping the
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| that time to be weight management.
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| | diet. The general problem of all diet
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| The most popular boys were , of course,
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| | plans, past and present, is that there is
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| the ones which were successful in sport
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| | no strategy for after the diet. Most diet
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| and these boys were only interested in
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| | plans require a certain amount of
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| the really slim girls. So I started to
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| | self-discipline, which you might master
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| raise the issue overweight, appetite
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| | for some time. But normal human beings
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| control and weight management at home,
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| | like me will lose this self-discipline
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| because I wanted to become one of them.
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| | after a while. Small things like using
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| It was unnecessary to speak to my granny
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| | butter again or having a Danish with the
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| about it, so I tried my parents. Weight
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| | coffee, are the first steps to disaster
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| management was for my father "terra
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| | and from there it is only downhill.
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| incognita" but at least my mother had
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| | For many years, amongst all those diet
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| started to at least think a little bit
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| | plans, I did not once find one, where the
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| about it. It was the end of the seventies
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| | lost weight stayed lost for longer than
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| and in magazines, newspaper and TV
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| | 12 weeks. Then it took another 6-8 weeks
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| appeared the first reports. And they all
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| | to gain the weight again. At this point
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| said. overweight could be responsible for
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| | it was then time for the next item on the
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| many health issues, which were appearing
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| | list of diet plans.
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