A Woman Ate 23 Bananas After Fasting 7 Days And Had Refeeding Syndrome

Fasting can be an effective tool for weight loss. However if used inappropriately, can result in some not good situations. The patient's situation in this case isn't quite like the intermittent fasting schedules that are popular today.

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