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Eating potatoes for two weeks is not going to seriously unbalance him (any more than he already is at 330lbs). For someone who is a habitual overeater, a varied balanced healthy diet may have too many opportunities to cheat. Sometimes you need an extreme change to snap out of old habits.



You haven't read the conclusion: "I’m off to eat more potatoes!"

Listen, if you change your diet drastically it is possible that just reducing amount of salt in your diet is going to cause drop in amount of water in your body and reduce your body mass.


>You haven't read the conclusion: "I’m off to eat more potatoes!"

Yes. This is his first day of a 2 week potato-only diet. So?

>Listen, if you change your diet drastically it is possible that just reducing amount of salt in your diet is going to cause drop in amount of water in your body and reduce your body mass.

If only that wasn't covered already in the book/diet...




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