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		firethief on Dec 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Radical diet can reverse type 2 diabetes, new stud... It's definitely true to some extent. People with mineral deficiencies sometimes start eating eat rocks and dirt.

mkagenius on Dec 8, 2017 [–]

A man[1] lost in an ocean suddenly developed an appetite for eyes of fish -- rich source of Vitamin C (which they had started to have depletion adrift in the sea)

1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/castaway-jose-...

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