The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
e. a chelating agent like
DMPS), which are then excreted in your urine. Using a large plastic jug, you collect urine for a
6-hour period and then bottle a well-shaken sample for analysis. To test the e ects of larger
fish, I ate swordfish and tuna before injection. The result? I doubled my mercury levels after one
meal. Don't do that.
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