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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Diet" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1115" ns="0" title="B12 shots" />
      <page pageid="1031" ns="0" title="Bacteria in gut" />
      <page pageid="758" ns="0" title="Bonding" />
      <page pageid="771" ns="0" title="Books" />
      <page pageid="1024" ns="0" title="Breathing" />
      <page pageid="1041" ns="0" title="Brown Fat" />
      <page pageid="1042" ns="0" title="Burning Stored Fat" />
      <page pageid="1032" ns="0" title="Carnitine fumarate" />
      <page pageid="729" ns="0" title="CoQ10" />
      <page pageid="1028" ns="0" title="Creatine" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>