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Sunday Firesides: Be Prepared to Live Off Your Fat

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Brett McKay
Dec 28, 2024
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Hibernating animals spend the fall feasting, putting on weight in preparation for the months to come, when sufficient food won’t be available. During the winter, they lay secure in their dens and don’t eat or drink for months, instead subsisting on their stores of fat.

It’s a model that has some application to the human animal, too.

When Admiral Richard E…

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