CR & Muscle Gain??

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Could it be that you can increase lean-body mass and

eat exactly the increased calories required to feed

that mass and not reduce the effeciacy of CR? On its

face the answer seems to be NO. However, I raise what

*might* be reasons for a YES answer in this SLE post...

>Ian Goddard wrote:

>

>> I'm now determined that for my next CR-progress report I'm

>> going to be totally ripped with increased musculature!!

>

>You may want to do that for other reasons, but I don't see that it has any

>relationship to the excellent health and increased longevity inducible by CR.

IAN: Yeah, unfortunately I can't disagree. Every ounce

of gained muscle means greater daily caloric intake to

feed that extra muscle mass. Muscle gain and achieving

maximum benefits from CR seem to be irrevocably at odds.

But, perhaps it's a matter of the ratio between caloric

intake a lean-body mass. If it's the burning of calories

that reduces lifespan, then if more burning occurs over

a larger area of lean-body mass might there be a similar

" caloric load " as with less burning over less lean mass?

For example, we might expect that a 7-foot person could

get the same benefits from CR as a 5-foot person, even

though the shorter guy is eating less. In speculation

mode: perhaps greater lean-body mass is the same as

greater height, ie, it might make no difference.???

Is anyone aware of research pertaining to body mass and

longevity with a distinction between lean vs fat mass?

Ever notice how well age seems to have treated Arnold

Schwarzenegger? I've seen photos from what appear to

be the early 60s of him, and compared to x dozens of

famous people I'm aware of having survived over that

time, he seems to be the most unchanged of them all.

http://IanGoddard.net

" To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. " Ben lin

http://www.ultrahiq.net/Ubiquity/Winter02/CR.html

Fat to Thin: http://IanGoddard.net/me-cr.htm