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Actually there is a big school of thought that low basal rate makes you live longer and a high one makes you live fast and die.

• eurekin 5y ago
  Any source?
  • arisAlexis 5y ago
    Read up on caloric restriction and longevity. This link came up but there are others. Not sure how solid this theory is, I am just mentioning it because OP was very sure it's the other way around. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:text=The%20idea%20that%20there%20is,their%20metabolism%20(per%20gram)%20and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:tex...
    • eurekin 5y ago
      Good read. I should edit my comment out and replace BMR with metabolic rate