From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Mar 29 2002 - 23:47:13 MST
All other things are not really equal. A sufficiently lower
metabolism leads to lethargy. Believe me, I know. Until my new
doctor figured it out I was going hypo-thyroid. I couldn't
figure out why things seemed more difficult, I was gaining
weight with no change in activty or diet and I didn't have any
energy.
Of course, as in many things, it is a quesiton of the proper
balance.
Hmmm. If the Singularity is coming in the next couple of
decades I would rather burn bright and very active now to do my
part in bringing it about rather than worrying too much about my
metabolism not being slow enough for a naturally maximally long
life pre-Singularity. As long as I survive the requisite amount
of time then I'm home-free.
- samantha
spike66new wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
>> ...Doing enough to go aerobic 20-30 minutes a day would do a lot more
>> to gear up the entire metabolism and make fat a lot harder to put
>> on... - samantha
>
>
> Question diet experts: a lot of diets talk about the value of not
> decreasing the
> metabolism rate, as if that is a good thing. But all else being equal
> and assuming
> weight is not an issue, would not a lower metabolism lead to a longer
> life? How
> does that work? Is cell reproduction rate proportional to metabolism?
> If so
> would not one want to decrease metabolism as much as possible? spike
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