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by IAmBroom 236 days ago
Um, no. We require oxygen to release the electrons that our cells use to do work (ATP + oxygen = free electrons + waste products), but no one generates calories of energy from breathing without food.

That has been tested for thousands of years, and it's technically called "starving to death".

If you're suggesting the opposite - oxygen restriction - that is called "suffocating to death", and again, probably isn't an optimal weight loss plan.

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