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Woman develops pancreatitis from extreme diet

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A 25-year-old woman in China was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis after adhering to a severe diet. Her regimen involved eating very little for six days a week and then indulging in a large meal once weekly. This extreme cycle of starvation and bingeing led to the inflammation and destruction of her pancreas. AI

RANK_REASON This is a human-interest story about a medical condition resulting from an extreme diet, not an AI-related news item.

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Woman develops pancreatitis from extreme diet

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Chinese woman suffers pancreatitis after 6-day starvation, binge-eating once weekly

    A 25-year-old woman in China has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis after she followed an extreme weight-loss regime which consisted of eating once a week and hardly eating a thing for the remaining six days. The woman, who uses the alias Qingqing and lives in Hangzhou, easte…

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