Does CR Make You More Hungry?

[Guest guest]

Francesca and ALL:

Does CR Make You More Hungry?

Quick Summary: Warren received an informal email from a

friend mentioning a possible large sum of money available

to establish our CR Society as a tax-qualified non-profit

institution. See message end for an hint about this.

At the same time, Francesca posted a news article about

primate CR research, that quoted List Members: S.,

R., and Dean P. My own message here references

a topic that surfaced in the news report:

" Does CR Make You More Hungry? " , as the article states.

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I found value in Francesca's news article below.

First, let me report that I am glad to have been able

to attend The First CR Society Conference in Las Vegas

that happened last October, 2001. I personally met some

very fine people, some of them mentioned in Francesca's

news article: Stern, Rae, and (in the future,

hope to meet) Dean Pomerleau. Willing or not, these are

public figures. They were quoted in Francesca's article.

When CR news is published about primates and includes

our CR Society Members (who are primates too), we are

interested. This is newsworthy material.

There is one common misconception that I see in the article,

that I feel we as a Society have a formal duty to correct,

and possibly even take an advocacy stance to rectify.

Here is the error (Am I right?) that seems to receive

constant news attention:

" ... NIH monkey experiments limit food intake to the

minimum necessary to prevent negative effects on health -

or at least 30 percent less than the current 'healthy' diet.

Translated into human terms, that would be 1,120 calories

a day for the average woman, or 1,540 for a man.

For the average American, eating at that level would

create deep hunger pangs. "

Is the last sentence correct? Specifically, is

" fewer calories means more hunger " an erroneous stereotype?

Such a viewpoint is supportive of the food industry,

which would suffer economic ruination in its current form,

if more healthful dietary practices were suddenly

adopted by the public.

Does (enlightened) practice of CR make you more hungry?

What is our informed CR Society consensus on that question?

Is that informed answer getting out to the public? If the answer

is not getting out, can we as the CR Society do something?

Could this be our message -- and I ask List participants this:

" Improve nutrition, eat fewer calories, and experience LESS hunger.

Are our most severely restricted members ravenously hungry,

and continuously so? Let them speak for themselves, but

do speak honestly and truthfully. How about it, Dean P.,

R., S.? Are you hungry? All the time?

How hungry are you, anyway?

Does (enlightened) CR make you more hungry? Does your informed

viewpoint support the message being broadcast to the public?

If not, who is responsible (Is anyone responsible?) for

providing enlightenment?

My own CR experience supports the reverse conclusion as that

broadcast by the media. I am less hungry now on CR, and my

appetite control continues improving. CR is quenching a previous

insatiable appetite fire.

New Message: Fewer calories = Less hunger: Tell Others.

Do we take a Society position to refute erroneous stereotypes?

Is hunger a " necessary part of human Caloric Restriction " ?

Human CR experience does seem to refute news reports about

human hunger stereotyping.

Furthermore ... are obese people who eat frequently,

who eat more calories, less hungry than thin people

who seldom eat at all, who consume fewer calories?

Let the newspapers, radio media, television broadcasters,

journalists, feature writers, and so forth make their reports,

but let them report the truth derived from honest informed human CR

practitioner experience, not from popular stereotypes supportive of

the food industry. The media can ask CR Society Members directly.

Blanket statements reinforcing popular stereotypes are inadequate.

My own experience: CR helps me be FAR LESS HUNGRY now than

ever before. I have new freedom from physical and emotional

dependence on food. I am liberated from the relentless appetite

battles I faced prior to CR. A CR lifestyle is liberating.

How about other factors, like emotional stability,

personal tranquility, internal harmony, and how are

they affected by reduced calorie intake? Let's ask

Stern, Rae, Dean Pomerleau. How about it?

What is your story, that the news media should be reporting?

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As mentioned in numerous messages posted previously,

I am in favor of chartering the CR Society as a more

formal non-profit institution to broadcast a whole

new message to the world about CR.

Society Message: Reduce calories, Improve Nutrition, Teach Others.

Do we believe in the Part 3 (the " Teach Others " ; ie, Support Others)

segment of a revamped CR Society message?

Some people believe we shouldn't stick our necks out. Just by

being born and alive, we do have necks, and they are exposed.

There can still be many quiet voices in our ranks.

Part 3 of " Teach/Support Others " is for Society Leadership.

Individuals are not asked to implement organizational goals.

But individuals can benefit from organizational goals.

Some people in our Society do endorse a 3-part message.

These people -- and I am one of them -- wish to actively

support others, and ultimately carry CR benefits to seekers

like ourselves. They will be the ones who finally do

organize the Society to perform a teaching role, and focus

the theoretical CR science for the practical applied benefit

of our Membership, and optimistically to the benefit of

all society, to include loved ones, children, grand children.

Is there something that we as a Society can do, by organizing

ourselves more effectively, to decide what our appropriate

message really is? How we can unify, organize, and more

effectively achieve our goals?

-- Warren

> On 05 Aug 2002, Francesca Skelton wrote:

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> This is the final story in the Daily Herald.

> All in all a good article...

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> http://www.dailyherald.com/health/health_story.asp?intID=374730

>

Thanks, Francesca. Thank you S., R., and Dean P.