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> Restricting caloric intake to 60-70% of normal adult weight maintenance requirement prolongs lifespan 30-50% and confers near perfect health across a broad ra
by norswap 10y ago
> Restricting caloric intake to 60-70% of normal adult weight maintenance requirement prolongs lifespan 30-50% and confers near perfect health across a broad range of species.
Am I the only one for whom this ends all kind of warnings?
First, how can eating less than required to maintain mass be healthy? Second, "confers near perfect health" seems like a hell of a claim.
- dsego 10y agoCalorie restriction prolongs life, it's been proven in studies on animals.
- dao- 10y ago> First, how can eating less than required to maintain mass be healthy? Define healthy? They may lose muscle mass / strength but still get sick less and live longer. In my mind it makes some sense that slowing down your metabolism moderately could make your body "last" longer... but this is just me trying to make sense of things and I'm far from an expert.
- coldtea 10y ago>First, how can eating less than required to maintain mass be healthy? Because you don't need to maintain the full adult mass you carry. In the end you'll find a new balance, albeit skinnier. It's not like you'll end to 0 pounds. In other words, the "normal adult weight maintenance" target weight is not that normal, and not optimally healthy.