“Our sexy, lean mice who ate high-protein, low-carb diets were the shortest lived of all,” the scientists wrote in 2014. “They made great-looking middle-aged co

“Our sexy, lean mice who ate high-protein, low-carb diets were the shortest lived of all,” the scientists wrote in 2014. “They made great-looking middle-aged corpses.” Why would you expect the optimal macro nutrient ratios in mice to predict those of humans? We don't expect them to be consistent even across simians let alone primates let alone mammalia. Don't, for instance, try eating what a gorilla does.