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Everyone is different, and most medical studies are based on averages. If it works for you...

Some people can only concentrate for 4 hours a day. Others 12. There's a mean in there somewhere.

Some folks can eat a dozen cheeseburgers a day and not get fat. If (when!) I eat 2 a week my pants get tight. Different things for different people.

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I think it's important to remember that just because someone can do something doesn't mean that it's healthy or optimal to do so. I could and did eat fast food every day, but despite being thin and feeling fine, had a poor lipid panel.

Similarly, I suspect that deviating from the norm (evolutionarily) has consequences that may not be immediately realized. After all, humans are 99.9% similar genetically.

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