This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 2403.

I went on a diet.

Here's what happened.

Part 2 by Sally Kazumchek of RealMomnutrition.com.

And I'm your narrator, Dr. Neal.

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I'd recommend listening to yesterday's episode first. That was episode 2402. But if you're all caught up,

let's jump right in and hear part two and continue optimizing

your life. I went on a diet. Here's what happened. Part 2 by Sally Kazumchek of RealMomutrition.com.

From my meticulous tracking, I knew I wasn't getting enough calories, clocking in below

1,000 on my low-carb days.

My body had shifted into survival mode.

The crash.

I muscled through to the end of the six-week program.

By all accounts, I'd been a model student.

I'd lost pounds and inches. I also felt like

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