he didnt know for sure if it was the celery because he had completely radicalised his diet. It fact, it most likely wasnt the celery, is was the combination that he was eating one of the healthiest diets a doctor could prescribe to anyone and exercising lots, plus doing these mental exercises to get himself into as best a position to live a long life as he could.
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dont wonder why im not smiling, wonder why you are.