Normal Diet Disorder ?

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Check out the idea that came to me while writing the following

post to a non-CR list. The first paragraph simply states some

CR benefits I've observed, the idea is in the second paragraph:

The increased energy is really dramatic. Without question I

would do CR for this benefit alone. It opens up my evenings

after a busy day to intellectual activities, whereas before

I would have to struggle to stay alert and even awake. So the

bottom line is CR may not only yield more lifetime in the long

run, but it yields more lifetime in the present. I'm still only

beginning to realize how amazing CR is. There is, at least for

me, absolutely no sense of " restriction, " depravation, denial,

or missing pleasure. In fact, I get pleasure from knowing I

don't have to eat much to be full and happy. Once you get to

this point (of being full with less) you can see the mistake

people are making to assume that happiness comes from another

slice of cake and that eating less is a diminution of living.

What this suggests to me -- given that we can not only live

with less food, but live better -- is that normal eating

patterns may be more indicative of an addictive disorder,

ie, a habitual behavior that reduces overall well being. But

then I'm not one to impose my concept of " disorder " on others.

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