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Fructose: The Hidden Reason You Get Flabby (Not Calories or Lack of Exercise)

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  • One dogma that has contributed to the ever-worsening health of the Western world is the belief that “a calorie is a calorie.” This simply isn’t true. The idea that obesity is the end result of eating too much and exercising too little; i.e. consuming more calories than you’re expending, is also false.

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