PYP 035: Mary Wendt, MD: Get Waisted

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PYP 035: Mary Wendt, MD: Get Waisted

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47 minutes

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Aug 15, 2014

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After Mary Wendt had been practicing medicine for several years, she discovered that despite exercising like crazy and eating "right" (lots of meat for protein and dairy for calcium), she was pre-diabetic and had dangerously high cholesterol.

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Aug 15, 2014

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PYP 035: Mary Wendt, MD: Get Waisted

PYP 035: Mary Wendt, MD: Get Waisted

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