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Valerie Dawson asked:


A lot of people remain skeptical about the solutions that hypnosis can offer. They know that hypnotherapists claim that their techniques can help you deal with issues like quitting smoking and losing weight but they still can’t quite accept that it could work for them.

This skepticism is generally based on the fact that people realize how hard it can be to do stuff like lose weight and quit smoking. It can be particularly hard to lose weight as it’s all too easy to fall into the yo-yo diet trap. Here you try out a new diet and lose the weight you need – then, you stop the diet and relax and the weight just comes back. Before you know it you’ll be back to square one….

But, with hypnosis this doesn’t need to happen. Many people find it hard to lose weight simply because they view food in the wrong way. They may, for example, view sweet and fatty foods as desirable because they were rewarded with these kinds of foods when they were young and behaved well. Or, they may associate the short rush you get with certain foods with feeling good so they reach for candy when they feel low or stressed.

Hypnosis can simply help you re-program the way your brain feels about food. It can stop your cravings for the wrong food types and introduce cravings for healthy food instead. It can give you the confidence to stick with a healthy eating and exercise plan and it can help you manage the issues you may have with the food you eat.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating – although maybe we should say in the not eating! Take a look at the following examples of how weight loss hypnosis has worked for people just like you….

Karen H. – Karen lost 33lb with Valerie Dawson’s program. In her own words: “The hypnosis allowed me to let go of my old reasons for eating and helped me listen to my appetite.”

Mike C. – Mike lost 84lb and finally found a solution to his weight loss issues. He says: “I have been overweight for most of my adult life. I had tried virtually every diet program out there without lasting success over the past 40 years. I can say without hesitation that the hypnosis program with Valerie works.”

Sandy N. – Sandy lost 25lb in just 9 weeks. She wasn’t sure whether hypnosis would work but soon changed her mind when she saw the results – “I wasn’t sure about this whole hypnosis thing in the beginning. But now I’m a believer.”

Fran M. – Fran lost 30lbs and saw her basic ideas about food change radically – “I found myself reaching for an apple for a snack instead of candy. I think about food in a totally different way now.”

Kelsey M. – Kelsey lost 50lb in just 5 months. She found that hypnosis gave her a far more effective solution than fad diets – “I had struggled all my life with my weight problem and had tried every diet out there with no success. The hypnosis has helped me to reprogram the way I think about food and to change my eating habits.”

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Alan B. Densky, CH asked:


Weight loss is the decrease of fat, bodily fluids, lean mass and adipose tissues leading to a loss of body weight. Appetite is a desire to drink and eat for pleasure. It is significantly different from hunger, because hunger is only felt if your body doesn’t have enough reserves to sustain itself and therefore calls for food.

Appetite is often confused with hunger, but they are 2 different things with different factors. Hunger is a natural indication that your body is in need of food and it would prove unhealthy to try to fight it. Appetite, however, is principally caused by psychological factors and does not respond to any physiological need.

Indeed, stimulation of the mouth is a source of comfort and pleasure, which explains why some people like to chew gum for example. Similarly, this is why some people enjoy having a cigarette in their mouths, or why people can feel hunger without actually needing to eat.

This comfort and pleasure may be unconsciously sought after by the mind when experiencing a stressful situation, which is why anxiety and stress can frequently create the desire to eat. Our mind also frequently unconsciously associates two actions together, so that every time you do one of those actions your brain creates the desire to do the other simultaneously. Hence you might feel the desire to eat when around friends, sitting at a table or watching television. Weight gain is also a common side effect of many medications.

Even a small appetite issue can be seriously disabling and a possible danger for your health. It cannot only make you gradually more anxious about your physical appearance, but it might also threaten your health in the long run. Excessive appetite can cause respiratory difficulties, obesity, musculoskeletal problems, high blood pressure, and cholesterol and life threatening disorders such as cancer, diabetes and gallbladder disease.

Having control over your appetite would make it possible to quickly get back in shape and get significantly healthier. You wouldn’t have to worry continually about keeping a diet anymore, nor about the nutritional value of your food. You will be able to eat what you want, when you want to.

Several different drugs claiming to help control appetite or favor weight loss have been sold on the market over the last few years. A lot of these miracle pills will at best only have a placebo effect. Others have had better results but sometimes had to be taken out of the market because of their hazardous side effects. The majority of those pills have a chemical structure analogous to that of amphetamines and have analogous dangers. There are nonetheless natural ways of achieving weight loss which, do not present any negative side effects, such as weight loss through hypnotherapy.

Most people will tell you that only diet or exercise are efficient in order to lose weight. This is true to a certain extent, however it is hardly possible for an active person to find the time to exercise or to keep a diet and it is even harder to find the motivation to do so. Moreover, neither dieting nor exercise can treat the mental factors triggering appetite. This means they will not diminish your appetite, and that you will have to endure this desire to eat continually, without being able to satisfy it.

This is why weight loss hypnosis has seduced a lot of people trying to lose weight. Weight loss hypnotherapy works on a psychological level and can help you greatly reduce your unnecessary cravings. But hypnotherapy weight loss is also able to give you the willpower you need to go out and exercise. Through suggestion, weight loss hypnosis will help you find this motivation quickly and simply!

Weight loss hypnosis allows you to reduce your unnecessary cravings in order to lose weight. This means it will be much easier to lose weight because weight loss through hypnosis will help you to eliminate the cravings for unnecessary nourishment. With hypnotism for weight loss, your unconscious will be programmed to follow the eating behavior of a naturally thin person. In other words, weight loss hypnosis will use the power of your unconscious to change your eating habits.

Weight loss hypnosis sessions can get rid of the unconscious associations that can trigger the urge to eat, and will induce appetite reduction. Self hypnosis weight loss, like all methods, which use hypnosis, will also allow you to become much more relaxed. Weight loss through hypnosis can thus readily deliver you from any urge to eat that might be caused by anxiety.

To summarize: Even if appetite is frequently mistaken for hunger, it does not respond to a physiological need for food but is strongly dependent on our psychological state. Thus, weight loss hypnosis is much more efficient than diets, which only focus on physiological factors. And unlike drugs, it is free of negative side effects. Weight loss through hypnosis is a safe, efficient and effortless way to gain control over your appetite and lose weight.

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Milos asked:


There are plenty of studies to suggest that lose weight hypnosis can have a very positive benefit for many people who are battling extra pounds. There are even success stories that abound. When the decision has been made to give lose weight hypnosis a try, one of the best ways to capitalize on that decision is to plan for success.

Ensuring the success of lose weight hypnosis is something potential patients can do days or even weeks in advance of their first session. As most lose weight hypnosis practitioners will say, one of the techniques employed during a session is planting the idea that something other than food can feed the cravings that drive some people to overeat. Whether it’s a desire to gain pleasure or a need to combat the blues, finding a substitute that has a similar effect as food can be very beneficial when lose weight hypnosis is at hand.

While it is possible for a lose weight hypnosis specialist to assist in coming up with ideas, this is one area a patient can really help with in advance. This might require some serious brainstorming, but there are ways to speed up the process.

The first thing to consider when determining what can replace food when lose weight hypnosis is planned is to study one’s own behavior. Ask these questions when strong cravings to overeat arise:

·What am I feeling right now? Do you have a desire to eat simply because food is there? Or, is it possible you’re down in the dumps? Does that second piece of chocolate cake just look too delightful to pass up? Knowing this can help with lose weight hypnosis.

·How does this food make me feel? If you’re planning lose weight hypnosis, this likely will be a very important question. The answer for some will vary greatly from their instant response to several minutes later.

·Does anything else make me feel this way? Do you, for example, get a similar euphoric feeling from doing something? Is there a possible substitute for food that provides the same kind of pleasure? Whether it’s watching a movie, playing with the kids, gardening or twiddling your thumbs finding just the right alternative to eating can be very beneficial when lose weight hypnosis is on tap.

While it’s not necessary to do this in advance of a lose weight hypnosis session, it can really help ensure the process is successful. The more a person knows and understands their own overeating cues, the easier it is for a therapist to assist.

Lose weight hypnosis has proven to be a very successful tool in fighting the urge to overeat. While it might not work for everyone, the prospect can be a real benefit for others.

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Valerie Dawson asked:


Losing weight by hypnosis is now a pretty common thing to do. Hypnosis has long been recognized as a scientifically proven method of helping you to achieve your goals in all kinds of ways – it’s long been considered one of the best ways to quit smoking, for example. In recent years an increasing number of people have turned to hypnosis for other help as well – and they’ve found that this is a great way to lose weight and, most importantly, to make sure that the weight stays off.

As this method of weight loss has grown in popularity a lot of the popular media has picked up on its great effects. Weight problems are a matter of great concern for us as a nation after all. So, it’s no great surprise to see hypnotherapy regularly mentioned on TV as a tried and tested solution for sustained weight loss.

Recently, for example, Dateline NBC followed 6 people who were due to attend their high school reunion. It was their 25th anniversary and they had 10 months to achieve their goals – each of them had to want to lose a set minimum amount of weight and they all had to be willing to try a different method of weight loss. This was designed to show just how well (or badly!) each weight loss solution might work.

So, each member of the group was given the option of choosing a different weight loss route to follow. These included Weight Watchers, extreme exercise, the Atkins diet, Slim Fast, the Jorge Cruise weight-loss program and – of course – hypnotism.

Now, it’s easy for us to claim that hypnosis will help you lose weight and maintain weight loss. We know that this kind of program will help you simply because it helps you re-program the way you think about food so you can modify your eating habits with no real effort. All you need is the real desire to lose weight.

But, to reinforce this the NBC show threw up some interesting results. The guy who opted to take on the hypnosis method was placed first at the three month point and second at the five month point with a weight loss of 39lbs. Second place not sound so good? Well, the first place here went to the Atkins dieter – and, as with any extreme diet, there is a risk here of health problems and a very real chance of re-gaining weight again as soon as you stop the diet and start regular eating again.

The fact is that hypnosis gives you a cure for life – it can change the way you view food and the reasons why you eat it. And, it can reinforce the work it does here with a positive attitude towards exercise and living a healthy life. So, it’s far easier to lose weight as you will be actively working towards maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle on a subconscious level. And, this doesn’t stop in the way that a diet does as once you re-program the way you think it stays with you.

As a side issue, the wife of the guy who took on hypnosis was so impressed by the way it worked that she signed up for sessions to quit smoking as she could see how well it worked for him. And, it worked great for her too…..

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Jason Johns asked:


No one likes the thought of starting a diet - it’s the word DIE with a T on the end … it just can’t be fun. It’s SO much easier (and more fun) to put the weight on than to knock it off.

Losing weight too quickly is not good for the body, so you need to lose a little weight regularly in order to obtain your ideal weight. However, losing just a few pounds a week is often too depressing for most people, so they quickly dump the diet. Persistence is the key to any success when you are dieting.

If you want to quickly lose some weight without damaging your body you need to reduce your calorie intake significantly and maintain this for a time.

You need to bear in mind that your body uses whatever energy source is most readily available. So if you are eating a high sugar diet, then that is what is used first. This is why it is important to significantly reduce the sugar in your diet, it forces your body to burn your fat instead. Any sugar that isn’t burnt during a day will be stored as fat by your body for later use.

These tips will help you to lose weight quickly and maintain your idea weight.

* Drink plenty - drinking plenty of water will help to speed up your metabolism, which makes it easier to burn off fat and lose weight. It also flushes the body of harmful toxins and keeps your skin healthy and your body hydrated. You should drink about 2 litres (4-5 pints) per day ideally.

* Eat a healthy breakfast - never skip breakfast, the old saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is true. Eat a breakfast that is packed with protein because this will get you off to a great start and give your metabolism a boost.

* Follow an exercise plan - devise an exercise plan for at least 20 minutes every day and stick to it religiously. Exercises which burn off the most fat are aerobic ones such as walking, jogging, swimming and riding a bicycle.

* AVOID snacks - never be tempted to nibble on unhealthy, high sugar snacks during the day. If you must snack then stick with fruit or raw vegetables. Remember to keep a bowl of fruit nearby and pre-cut vegetables such as carrot and celery into nibble size pieces and put them in the refrigerator in zip lock bags so there handy. Carry them around with you so whenever you are hungry you can have a healthy snack instead of facing temptation.

The main challenge anyone who loses weight has to deal with is maintaining their ideal weight. Make change to your lifestyle rather than diet, and you will keep your ideal weight. Remember to watch the amount of calories that you eat in relation to those that you are burning off and to keep active and stick with some form of daily exercise.

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Valerie Dawson asked:


Why does hypnosis help with weight loss?

It’s becoming more and more common nowadays to turn to hypnosis when we want to achieve a goal. We may want to quit smoking, rid ourselves of phobias or lose weight – in all these cases hypnosis offers a proven and successful solution. So why does hypnosis work?

If you look at hypnosis for weight loss then the reasons behind the success of this method becomes clear. If you suffer from weight problems – whether you yo-yo diet or can’t seem to find the motivation to get on a diet that suits you – then you probably already know that your problem isn’t really your weight at the end of the day. The problem is more likely to rest with you.

In the majority of cases people cannot lose weight effectively because of some psychological issue that prevents them from achieving their goal. You may, for example, naturally crave unhealthy foods rather than healthy ones. Eating unhealthy foods here may make you happier and more comfortable. Or, you may eat the wrong foods or the wrong amount of food whenever you are stressed, unhappy or uncomfortable. In either case hypnosis can help.

Hypnosis helps here because it goes straight to the root of the problem – your unhealthy eating patterns – and helps modify your behavior. So, after this kind of treatment your mind won’t tell you to eat sugary or fatty foods – it will tell you to eat healthy ones. And, your mind won’t tell you to reach for a snack when you’re worried or stressed but instead will give you an alternative ways to manage stress. This behavior modification is the key to successful weight loss – and keeping it off.

How do I know hypnosis works?

Hypnosis is a scientifically accredited method of helping people overcome all kinds of difficulties. For example, in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Vol.64, No.3) in 1996 a study showed that the average weight loss without hypnosis was 6.03 pounds. With hypnosis average weight loss came in at 14.88 pounds. So, with hypnosis you can double your weight loss with no extra effort.

And, because hypnosis modifies your behavior at source then you stand a far greater chance of keeping the weight off rather than putting it on again. A study that appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychology (41) in 1985 tested a group of people who used hypnosis to lose weight and a group who did not. Whilst both groups lost weight during the study the hypnosis group continued to lose weight after the study had finished and achieved their weight loss goals. The group that did not have the behavior modification benefits of hypnosis did not achieve this.

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Valerie Dawson asked:


Losing weight can be hard. It doesn’t matter if you just need to lose a couple of pounds for a special occasion or if you need to lose a lot of weight to improve your general health. Sometimes, it can seem downright impossible to get on track.

Actually losing weight doesn’t just significantly improve your chances of living to a ripe old age – it’ll also make you feel good now. You’ll look good, you’ll be able to wear the clothes you like and you’ll have more energy to live your life the way you want to. People will look at you in a different way and you’ll feel more confident. But, getting to this stage isn’t always easy.

You may start off with the best intentions and you may even lose some weight along the way. But, for many of us, this initial good start doesn’t go any further. The fact is that you’ll hit a plateau at some point here and then it’s hard to keep going. You may be exercising and you may be eating right but the weight just won’t go at the rate you want it to. So, the easiest thing to do is to simply reach for the chips and just resign yourself to NOT losing weight because you start to believe that you can’t do it.

Alternatively, you may try new diets all the time and actually lose weight. But, as soon as you’ve achieved your weight loss goal and start eating normally again the weight will creep back on. And the fact is that fad diets, pills and quick-fix solutions don’t just work in the long term – they could also harm your health.

The thing to realize here is that weight loss is not just about what you do with your body and what you put in it. It’s also about what’s going on in your head. This is why more and more of us are turning to hypnosis as a solution. So, why does hypnosis work when every diet you’ve ever tried doesn’t?

The answer is simple. Hypnosis gets to the root of your issues with your weight and helps to cure you of bad habits. You may not even realize that you HAVE bad habits – but if you are a yo-yo dieter that can’t keep weight off then the chances are you do!

Hypnosis is such a popular solution to weight loss nowadays simply because it helps you to subconsciously accept the eating habits that will get you fit and healthy. A good hypnotherapist, for example, will help your brain reject unhealthy foods and actually crave healthy ones. They can also help you conquer eating issues such as stress and comfort eating and can give you the confidence to believe that you can lose weight.

So, all you need to do is to relax, let the hypnotherapy do its work and then immediately start a new life with the kind of attitude towards food and healthy eating that will ensure a healthy weight loss. And, most importantly, because your hypnotherapy will work on core issues, the weight will stay off once you start to lose it. You don’t even need to leave your home to achieve your goals here as this kind of solution can be successfully delivered anywhere.

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Dane Bergen asked:


Firstly… what is a hypnosis cd?

A fat loss hypnosis cd is a collection of audio files that is listened to by a person who is hoping to lose weight. The weight loss cd works by targeting the source of the problem - generally overeating.

This habit occurs in many people due to different reasons, and there are many theories as to why it occurs, such as, the person eats out of boredom, or they just love food, or one of Freud’s theories is that they had an obsession with putting objects in their mouths, or sucking things when they were infants, which is a habit that has been manifesting for their entire lives and is emerging as overeating, smoking, or excessive drinking. There are many more theories, but the problem always remains the same, and a hypnosis cd can certainly help.

We all know that the most effective way to lose weight is not through crash diets, or with liposuction. The smartest way to do it is through proper diet and regular exercise. You have to burn more calories than you take in each day on an ongoing basis to have lasting weight loss.

This is where a weight loss hypnosis cd can be of great benefit. It can help to alleviate cravings and to get you to exercise on a consistent basis, without great effort or thought. Hpnosis cd will target the source.

Losing weight and getting into shape isn’t going to happen by just thinking about it, that’s what’s called a dream! You have to get out of dream land and wake up to reality. The only way to do it is to take consistent action toward the final outcome, which is your ideal weight. A weight loss hypnosis cd will help organize the mind into something that helps you work towards your goal, instead of something that is constantly trying to sabotage every effort you make.

Think of your mind like a net that has caught every thought you have had in your life about your weight. In that net there are hundreds of negative thoughts that will hinder your efforts, like “I’m too lazy to exercise”, “I’m too fat to go to the gym”, “I can’t resist junk food” and so on. Your mind acts on these thoughts and makes you the product of them so that you are what you think. This is why you can’t lose weight and keep it off.

A weight loss hypnosis cd will delete the negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. A weight loss hypnosis cd will ensure that your mind is focused on taking every step necessary to attaining the desired goal, by introducing positive inner talk having the suggestions from the weight loss hypnosis cd actualized into reality. This ongoing connection between the mind and the physical body makes weight loss easy and effective in the long term, which creates a better lifestyle and increased health. The best of both worlds!

In closing, be sure to get a good quality weight loss hypnosis cd, because some of them don’t do what they claim to. If you need help, then all you need to do is search the internet for some very in depth information about Hypsis for weight loss.

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Cliff Baker2 asked:


Many people find that keeping their weight down to a healthy level is very difficult for them and it is often beyond a lot of people. There are many methods out there that are supposed to help you cut down on your weight. These range from crash diets involving quirky food, which is not a good idea, to medications designed to burn off fat, to radical new age psychic methods of self hypnosis for fat burning.

Okay, fine. Let’s get back to reality… you can’t wish and vibrate fat away, and miracle pills might work, but they generally have unhealthy side effects, so these are not a healthy option. If you really want to reduce your weight and keep it down then it is better to do it in a healthy way, the simple rule is you have to work for it as there is no quick fix. This involves the one weight loss method that is actually the most effective but the one that a vast majority of people dread: Exercise! But exercise alone will not work. You must also get rid of any poor eating habits and introduce new healthy ones. Good nutrition is equally as important as exercise.

Before rushing out and buying yourself a pair of running shoes though, consult with your doctor and get a health check to make sure that you’re in fit enough shape to exercise strenuously. Ask your doctor’s advice and find out what levels of strain, wear and tear you can put yourself through without risking your health.

If you prefer to make it easy on yourself, start slow. Brisk walks and jogging are nice easy cardiovascular (CV) exercises that help get rid of excess fat slowly. You can take this at your own pace; remember, how fast you lose weight is directly proportional to the amount of effort involved. Even something as simple as walking up flights of stairs at the office instead of taking an elevator can be incorporated into part of your daily weight loss routine. Remember that CV exercise will also burn muscle, which you don’t want to lose.

While CV exercise is great for the hart and lungs, a more effective form of exercise for fat burning is resistance exercise…or exercising with weights. Joining a gym or health club is a good way to do this because you have access to a wide range of equipment and they have instructors to set you up with a workout plan. They will also show you the proper techniques for using free weights etc. Resistance exercise is great because it helps to increase muscle and therefore, burn more fat. Fat loss is far more important than weight loss, although for a lot of people who have a lot of excess weight, the fat loss will also include weight loss.

Don’t get too fixated on the scales, as ‘weight’ includes healthy weight like muscle and water, which you don’t want too lose. A much better measure is to get your body fat measured before you start any exercise program and then periodically after. That way you can measure your fat loss. Replacing fat with muscle is the way to go…And, no ladies, most of you will not get big and muscley working out with weights, simply because you don’t have enough testosterone, which is the muscle building hormone in your bodies. Female bodybuilders that get big and muscley take steroids which mimic testosterone.

Next on the exercise agenda after you’ve got your walking, jogging and weights habits down is callisthenics.

Crunches are one of the best, as opposed to sit-ups; crunches are medically proven to be healthier and easier on the body, even as they burn up more fat. To do crunches, lie on the floor, lock your legs straight, and raise your feet and upper body simultaneously, bending at the waist. Sit-ups are not as good as they primarily work the hip flexor muscles rather than the abdominals.

Essentially, you form a shallow letter V. Start with small repetitions, pace yourself, and don’t raise your feet or head more than a foot above the ground. Crunches are a great way to target the stomach or abdominals, which is a problem area for most of us. Variations on crunches include raising only your legs, to target your lower abdomen, or raising only your head and upper body to target higher abdominal muscle groups. Twisting crunches involve turning your upper body alternately with each crunch and target love handles. Crunches are just one example of callisthenics. There are other exercises that are meant to target other body parts. Find a gym with a good callisthenics instructor and visit it regularly.

Another approach to weight loss and getting in shape is to engage in classic sports. Any good sport will eventually help you lose weight; if there is one that you actually like engaging in, go for it. Assuming you don’t have a preference, however, try biking and rowing. These two activities burn off fat and replace it with lean muscle, and are quite exhilarating.

Other great physical activities for weight reduction involve ones that require great amounts of neuromuscular activity. These sharpen reflexes as well as burning off fat. Some of the best examples of these activities are dancing, martial arts, fencing, and gymnastics. Because of the greater need for dexterity and agility in these sports, a person who trains in them naturally develops a much higher metabolic rate.

Also, since the emphasis in these arts is in rapid, efficient movement, the burn rate of calories is a lot higher than regular sports. However, these arts are also the most demanding, not only physically, but also in terms of mental alertness and coordination. They are not for everyone, but if you want an exercise that will help you lose weight fast and keep it off, you can’t go wrong with them.

That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Don’t come up with excuses. Most people claim that they either don’t have the time, the equipment, or the opportunity to exercise and lose weight.

In truth, opportunities are always available. Even taking just the first option, and spending 30 minutes a day walking, will eventually make you lose weight.

The important thing is to stop telling yourself that it’s something you can’t do. You can burn the fat off; it just takes a bit of persistence. Get your priorities sorted out, if you don’t make exercise and a healthy diet a priority you may get a wake up call to prompt you too. Or worse…your children could lose a parent early.

If you put the wrong fuel in your car, you won’t get very far. Putting the wrong fuel (poor nutrition) in your body, it may take a few decades to let you down.

Remember, a healthy lifestyle will not only add years to your life, it will add life to your years.

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