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" When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories. "

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" I am as non-accepting of medical quackery and unscientific approaches as anybody else. I've grown up as a card-carrying scientist, and I know the power of science to answer questions, and for many questions I don't know of anything better than scientific approaches to answer them. "

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