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Humans might not gain much in terms of years lived from calorie restriction, but we almost certainly gain in terms of health-span, with much lower incidence of
by CuriouslyC 10y ago
Humans might not gain much in terms of years lived from calorie restriction, but we almost certainly gain in terms of health-span, with much lower incidence of many inflammatory-linked conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, etc.
- iopq 10y agoNot the same thing. The calorie restriction experiments had pretty severe restrictions. Done to people, those people would be underweight
- EGreg 10y agoBut one could reasonably suppose there is a continuous transition between here and there? So going 1/10 of the way should still bring some benefits.
- iopq 10y ago> So going 1/10 of the way should still bring some benefits. Not according to any data I've seen. It's either "you barely have enough food to survive, so your metabolism is so slow that you live longer" or no benefit whatsoever.