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How Ascetic Diets Enhanced Monk Preservation

Buddhist monks practiced extreme diets, eschewing rice, wheat, and soybeans in favor of nuts, berries, tree bark, and pine needles. This gradual starvation enhanced their chances of mummification and preservation.

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