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A | /사진=게티이미지뱅크중국에서 15일 동안 물만 마시는 극단적인 다이어트를 시도한 30대 여성이 심각한 뇌 질환을 앓게 됐다는 소식이 전해졌다.25일 홍콩 사우스차이나모닝포스트(SCMP)에 따르면 중국 허난성에 거주하는 31세 여성 A씨는 최근 극단적인 단식 이후 건강에 이상이 생겨 병원을 찾았다.키 160㎝에 약 70㎏이었던 A씨는 15일 동안 음식물을 전혀 먹지 않고 물만 마시는 방법으로 약 20㎏을 감량했다. 극단적인 다이어트 방법으로 체중은 20㎏이나 줄었지만, 이후 보행 장애와 기억력 저하가 나타난 것.A씨를 진료한 정저우대 제1부속병원 신경과 쑨구이팡 교수는 A씨에게 베르니케 뇌병증이 발생했다고 진단했다.베르니케 뇌병증은 영양 결핍, 특히 비타민 B1 등의 결핍과 관련해 발생하는 심각한 뇌 질환으로, 혼란과 보행 및 균형 장애, 안구 운동 이상, 기억력 저하 등의 증상이 나타날 수 있다.의료진에 따르면 A씨는 걷는 모습에도 이상이 나타났다. 쑨 교수는 그의 걸음걸이가 "펭귄과 비슷했다"면서 이 증상이 완전히 회복되지 않을 가능성도 있다고 말했다.A씨가 이 같은 극단적인 단식을 시작한 이유는 중국 전통 도교의 수행법 가운데 하나로 알려진 '벽곡(辟穀·bigu)'을 실천하기 위해서였다.벽곡은 말 그대로 '곡식을 피한다'는 의미로 음식 대신 우주를 순환하는 생명 에너지인 '기(氣)'를 섭취하면 초월적인 경지에 이를 수 있다는 믿음과 관련이 있다.최근에는 전통 수행법이라는 의미를 넘어 체중 감량이나 해독을 위한 방법으로 이를 따라 하는 사람들이 생겨났다.앞서 2020년 중국 헤이룽장성에서는 26세 남성이 52일 동안 물만 마신 뒤 사망했고, 사망 이틀 전에는 치매와 유사한 증상까지 나타난 것으로 알려졌다.또 지난해 저장성의 한 여성은 일주일 동안 물과 이른바 '에너지 알약'만 섭취해 약 5㎏을 감량했지만, 이후 장 점막이 심각하게 손상됐고 혈액에 세균이 침투하는 감염으로 이어졌다.이 같은 사례가 이어지면서 온라인에서 벽곡 관련 콘텐츠를 제한하거나 금지해야 한다는 목소리도 나오고 있다고 SCMP는 전했다.이보배 한경닷컴 객원기자 [email protected]。 Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has argued that an energy and healthcare reconciliation bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and supported by Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin, could lead to a recession despite its sponsors’ assertions that the bill would help tackle rising prices.,Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Cassidy said that “It [the bill] may be disinflationary by causing a recession. They’re interjecting an incredible amount of uncertainty into the economy just as we entered a recession.”,“Much of what he says about this bill is just not true” the Republican added, referring to Manchin’s earlier comments on the ABC News, in which the West Virginia Democrat in particular reiterated his support of the bill after claims that the measure could increase inflation over a year and a half.,Cassidy claimed that the bill would raise taxes and lead to higher costs for consumers, adding, “I think what we’re doing is inducing [manufacturers] to move to Asia. You can have a disinflationary program by causing a recession. I think this is going to lead to a worse recession.”,He spoke as Republican Senator Mike Crapo cited not-partisan data as indicating that the Manchin-Schumer deal on the reconciliation bill would “raise billions of dollars in taxes on Americans” earning less than $400,000 annually.,Crapo pointed to an analysis conducted by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), which also found that taxes would soar by about $16.7 billion on US taxpayers making less than $200,000 in 2023 and raise another $14.1 billion on those who earn between $200,000 and $500,000.,Referring to the Manchin-Schumer deal, the Senate GOP argued that “Americans are already experiencing the consequences of Democrats’ reckless economic policies” and that “the mislabeled ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ will do nothing to bring the economy out of stagnation and recession.”,“The more this bill is analyzed by impartial experts, the more we can see Democrats are trying to sell the American people a bill of goods,” Crapo, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee as a ranking member and who requested the JCT analysis, asserted.,Ashley Schapitl , a spokesperson for the Senate Finance Committee’s Chair Ron Wyden, in turn insisted that families “will not pay one penny in additional taxes under this bill.”,Schapitl claimed that the JCT analysis isn’t complete because “it doesn’t include the benefits to middle-class families of making health insurance premiums and prescription drugs more affordable. The same goes for clean energy incentives for families.”,Joe Manchin, Chuck Schumer Reach Deal on Climate, Energy, and Taxes in Surprise Announcement27 July, 23:41 GMT,This comes after Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Democratic Senator Manchin announced a deal last Wednesday on the energy and health care bill, a scaled-down version of the Build Back Better Act that the West Virginia Democrat Manchin repeatedly stymied last year.,“After many months of negotiations, we have finalized legislative text that will invest approximately $300 billion in Deficit Reduction and $369.75 billion in Energy Security and Climate Change programs over the next 10 years,” the two senators said in a joint statement after clinching the deal.,According to them, “the investments will be fully paid for by closing tax loopholes on wealthy individuals and corporations.” They added that the new agreement aims to "reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030" and address inflation while also reducing the deficit.,Republicans were quick to lash out at the agreement, with Texas Senator John Cornyn slamming the new document as “Manchin’s New Build Back Broke Bill”. Cornyn insisted that “Raising taxes on job creators, crushing energy producers with new regulations, and stifling innovators looking for new cures will only make this recession worse, not better.”,In a separate development last week, President Joe Biden argued that the US economy is "on the right path" despite the GDP taking a plunge, and pushing the country into a technical recession.,“It's no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve acts to bring down inflation. Even as we face historic global challenges, we are on the right path and we will come through this transition stronger and more secure,” POTUS said.,Earlier, the Commerce Department stated that the country’s GDP contracted by 0.9% in the second quarter of this year after a first quarter drop of 1.6%, in a preliminary estimate that technically placed the economy in a recession.,This followed the White House arguing that “while some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession, there are other factors that need to be taken into account. Conservatives were having none of it." The claims provoked flak from Republicans, with Donald Trump Jr. tweeting that “apparently the White House is changing the definition of recession this week so we can pretend that we're not in one.”。