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Y_5_13 Verified Altered States

Y_5_13 — Starvation and Dehydration: Cognitive Effects of Deprivation States

Starvation and dehydration — states of severe and prolonged nutritional and fluid deprivation — produce a characteristic and well-documented progression of cognitive, perceptual, and emotional alterations that constitute

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Z_4_21 Verified Molecular Biology

Z_4_21 — Autophagy Mechanisms

Autophagy (from Greek, "self-eating") is a fundamental cellular process by which eukaryotic cells degrade and recycle their own components — damaged organelles, protein aggregates, intracellular pathogens, and surplus cy

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Z_4_12 Verified Molecular Biology

Z_4_12 — Autophagy: The Cell's Self-Eating Recycling System

Autophagy (from Greek auto "self" + phagein "to eat") — the process by which cells degrade and recycle their own components — is a fundamental cellular quality control and survival mechanism conserved from yeast to human

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B_4_09 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_09 — Skin-Walker, Wendigo, and Indigenous Predatory Spirits

Indigenous North American spiritual traditions include powerful predatory spirit entities whose cultural significance, cosmological depth, and moral weight far exceed their common (and often distorted) depictions in popu

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Y_4_21 Credible Altered States

Y_4_21 — Fasting-Induced Altered States

Fasting-induced altered states of consciousness — visionary experiences, euphoria, time distortion, dissociation, and mystical-type experiences produced by prolonged food deprivation — represent one of humanity's oldest

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Y_5_10 Credible Altered States

Y_5_10 — Extreme Fasting: Breatharian Claims, Autophagy, and Metabolic States

Extreme fasting — prolonged and severe caloric restriction or complete food abstinence — occupies a unique position at the intersection of contemplative/ascetic practice, metabolic science, and pseudoscientific extremism

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Y_3_10 Verified Altered States

Y_3_10 — Fasting, Asceticism, and Altered Consciousness

Fasting and ascetic practices — deliberate deprivation of food, sleep, comfort, or sensory input — have been used across virtually all religious and spiritual traditions to induce altered states of consciousness, visions

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