From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Wed Nov 04 1998 - 23:55:46 MST
Patrick Wilken wrote:
> Doing a quick search on Medline brings up lots of studys on calorie
> restriction. Are any extropians practising it?
a very mild form of it, yes.
> Is there a threshold that needs to be reached for it to work effectively or
> is any CR good (so long as you aren't missing out on adequate nutrients)?
i wont know for about 60 years, patrick. {8^D these kinds of studies
are inherently difficult with humans. we live so long, the researchers
who set up the studies tend to die before the results come in. i knew
a dog breeder, in the business for over 40 yrs, who swore cr helped
his dogs live waaay longer. he claimed a third again longer than
well fed dogs. spike
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