Warrior Diet (Was: Newbie -- By Carolyn)

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Hello Carolyn,

Like the group in the NIA study you mention below who will be eating

only once daily during a 4 hour period, I too have been doing the

same once-a-day eating thing myself for the last 4 years. That is

the way I live the CR diet.

This type of dietary regimen of once daily also goes by the name of

" Warrior diet " , which is the topic under which you can find more

posted messages by searching in our historical archives.

Remember that it is the CR diet itself (the actual reduction of

calories consumed) that provides the proven major benefit of CR.

The frequency of eating meals has no extensive experimental proof

of actual success at being able to retard aging nor of being able

to prolong maximum lifespan. That is why NIA (National Institute

of Aging) is interested in seeing whether it helps humans, since

eating once daily seems an easier and more convenient way to live

for many people. And paleolithic man probably was quite well adapted

to such a " once a day " eating regimen, from which it gets its name,

" the warrior diet " .

If you can mail to me (US Post Office) the article in the

Nov 2003 issue of Health Magazine that contains the information

you discuss below, I will scan it in, create a JPG image, and

provide it for the List.

I also have optical scanning software that will convert the

scanned picture file into a text file that can be posted to

the list. If interested, contact me off-list, and I will

give you my address and phone number to coordinate making

the article available for everyone.

-- Warren

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On 28 Apr 2004, Carolyn at [mailto:cdonegan264@...] wrote:

I've been trying to follow the CRON lifestyle for several months

with moderate success. I actually have better luck with fasting a

day or two a week than eating less each day.

All the talk about the mice research is interesting, but the one

thing that hasn't really been explored is the fact that they only

ate every other day. So is it the calorie reduction or the fasting or

the combination that provides the benefit?

The November 2003 issue of Health magazine contains an article

quoting studies that intermittent fasting offers even greater

benefits than drastically cutting back on calories every day.

According to the article, The National Institute on Aging is

organizing a study to see if eating only during a 4 hour period each

day and fasting for the remaining 20 will improve glucose metabolism

and cardiovascular health. (Sorry, couldn't find an online version

of the article)

Here's a link to a delightful series of writings from a 16th century

CRONIE. http://www.harvestfields.netfirms.com/etexts/03/01.htm

Carolyn