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How much time will it take me to lose weight if i only have 400 calories a day?

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Dangerous: You should not go below 1000 calories a day or you send your body into starvation mode which slows your metabolism and makes it more difficult to loose weight.

Dr Fowler and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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