Psychology Makes Exercise Appear Easier than Doing CR

[Guest guest]

In the Calorie Restriction show on the CBS Evening News

at 6:00 PM with Dan Rather, a surprising statement was

made by a doctor who claimed that exercise was more

important than reducing calories.

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/yqlhg

LongURL:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/07/eveningnews/main610778.shtml

Of course, exercise has never been proven by laboratory

research to have any pronounced effect on lifespan in

the dramatic way that CR has been proven for 70 years.

How can the doctor be correct? Well, ... for the average

citizen, an adlib eater, exercise could be important

as a disease preventative (obesity, diabetes, etc).

The average citizen will remain an adlib eater for the

rest of his life, and do nothing with CR (on average).

Why is that? Eating limited calories on a CR diet is

frowned upon, because that CR decision to limit calories

is an aberration in our affluent pleasure-seeking society.

Remember, we are bombarded daily with advertisements

teaching us a value system that processed foods and

high calorie foods (like cereals, potatoes, pasta, cheese,

sweet fruits, whole grain foods, bread, and so forth)

are supposedly healthy.

So exercise which is socially acceptable will be easier

to do from a social point of view, then trying to

limit calories on CR, which is socially unacceptable,

speaking for the average person.

The ease of making a decision, and then following thru

with that decision for a lifetime is determined to a

large extent in a person's mind ** PSYCHOLOGICALLY **

by what is considered to be socially acceptable and

put into common practice by every-day common people.

Thus socially acceptable exercise will be easier to

pursue than trying to do socially unacceptable CR, due

to the topsy-turvy wealthy society we live in, where

people are so rich that they can well afford gratification

on every appetizing food that appears on the grocers shelf.

The solution: A personal value system transformation,

adapting a new set of beliefs (and a new set of friends),

centered on substantially reducing calories and markedly

improving nutrition.

-- Warren

[Guest guest]

I didn't hear it that way ( I made a tape), if you're talking about Dr Alderman. He said exercise was "most" (not more) important and to exercise you needed calories. I ht8ink that's a correct statement. How do we trade the need for exercise calories versus CR noncalories. I balance at that point where BP is optimum.

I don't think CR is socially unacceptable/acceptable any more than exercise is socially acceptable/unacceptable - maybe in your peer group.

And I thought from discussions in the other group, (please correct me if I should stop all exercise), that some exercise is beneficial to lifespan. Exercise squares the curve, and I have to assume it squares the CR curve somewhat as well?

And lastly, IMO, people who can make a decision that runs contrary to the group don't give a dam what the group thinks.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: Warren

Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:02 PM

Subject: [ ] Psychology Makes Exercise Appear Easier than Doing CR

In the Calorie Restriction show on the CBS Evening News at 6:00 PM with Dan Rather, a surprising statement was made by a doctor who claimed that exercise was more important than reducing calories. TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/yqlhgLongURL:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/07/eveningnews/main610778.shtmlOf course, exercise has never been proven by laboratory research to have any pronounced effect on lifespan inthe dramatic way that CR has been proven for 70 years.How can the doctor be correct? Well, ... for the average citizen, an adlib eater, exercise could be importantas a disease preventative (obesity, diabetes, etc).So exercise which is socially acceptable will be easier to do from a social point of view, then trying to limit calories on CR, which is socially unacceptable, speaking for the average person.The ease of making a decision, and then following thruwith that decision for a lifetime is determined to a large extent in a person's mind ** PSYCHOLOGICALLY **by what is considered to be socially acceptable andput into common practice by every-day common people.The solution: A personal value system transformation,adapting a new set of beliefs (and a new set of friends),centered on substantially reducing calories and markedly improving nutrition.-- Warren