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Assessment of the Metabolic Effects of Isocaloric 2:1 Intermittent Fasting in Mice
Published on: November 27, 2019
[FAMINE IN JEWISH HISTORY AND THE METABOLIC CONSEQUENCES]
1School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale and University of Armidale and University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Introduction:
Famine, with its pathological consequences was, apart from climacteric events, used by various dictatorships as a weapon for genocide, This was the case of Nazi Germany using food confiscation from occupied populations, affecting, in particular, the incarcerated Jews, Although food production in the 20th century was sufficient for the global population, World War II lead to a wide range of famine in Europe. The condition resulting from starvation led, in the survivors, to a multi-system Shoah syndrome, with propensity to generational inheritance.
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