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Interesting article

KateNkognito
KateNkognito Posts: 1,705 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html
This is an article on the placebo effect. It made me wonder if some of the trouble I have with fasting and some of the great successes I have had are due, in some part, to the placebo effect and how can I harness that to my benefit? Is convincing myself that fasting is super easy and will lead to greater weight loss possible? Is my recent trouble a loss of faith in the cure? Makes a body wonder. It is a kind of long article, just a warning.

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  • Meghan509
    Meghan509 Posts: 2,162 Member
    Cool, thanks for this link. I started to skim it but I will check it out more fully shortly.
    Interesting information! I know what you mean about the placebo effect and I do think it is real.
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