Bigu involves starving internal worms
Carb avoidance is not a modern fad; it is an ancient strategy to murder imaginary bodily parasites. Daoist practitioners avoided eating grains entirely, convinced that starches were feeding the 'Three Corpses'—metaphysical worms that caused aging and decay. The keto diet has incredibly bizarre historical roots.

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