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Lose Weight While Eating Whatever You Want

To lose weight, just eat small amounts, says a comprehensive new review. And get rid of your flying-saucer dishware.
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One of the things that always surprised me when I was studying in Belgium was that everyone looked like they had stepped out of an Urban Outfitters catalogue, despite consuming nothing but mayonnaise-covered french fries and strong wheat beer.

Everywhere I went—the Metro, the —I saw fawn-like humans. Fawns who smoked of cigarettes, but fawns nonetheless.

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