Very low calorie diets
Hi.In the news, the old story about these lab rats able to live to a very ripe old age could only do so because they lived on an extremely low calorie diet. Not a lot of food = no free radicals to age...
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I think you're right....that whole premise was disproven just recently. Can't remember any details, though.And all the people that have seriously espoused to the weird theory that if we can just keep...
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Even if we could live to a ripe old age by eating low calorie diets (which I don't believe is true), would you really want to? I wouldn't. What good is living a long time if you have to starve the...
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first of all, the mice or rats don't live that long to begin with, and all they did was slow their metabolism down, what is interesting is that the animals became quite lathargic, and very irritable,...
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Hi Monica,Interesting you should bring this up as there was an article in the SF Chronicle this week regarding this very topic.Evidently, this study has now had some testing done on humans. The...
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Yeah, I'm not interested in starving, but I'm just trying to convince others they shouldn't starve themselves.Lani, you bring up a point that I've come to understand through experience, and the...
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Monica, it sounds like you are at a lovely place - with your food, with your life! I'm so happy to see this convergence for you! As for the food - what a far cry from when you had such slim pickens in...
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Yay Monica! Hope you're also feeding the soul to stuffed with music.-Brook
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Music, hmm...yes, I have, actually...currently playing with a baroque ensemble...just did a short concert run. Now I've got to find a venue that will allow me to teach theory, history, appreciation,...
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I just saw a post online from someone living in the Biosphere who was/is practicing calorie restriction for longevity. (I didn't notice the date of the article--is anyone still in there?!) He was...
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