Extreme CR - too high a price?

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To add to a pointless and seemingly endless debate on extreme versus

moderate CRON:

I'm pretty moderate and relatively new to all this anyway. But I

have nothing against extreme CRONies. Live and let live... And

besides I don't see much need to preach moderation or anything else.

Why should I? On the off chance that some person will jump head

first into extreme CRON without knowing what they are getting into

and end up in the hospital? *Theoretically*, it *could* happen. But

that would be an indictment against getting into something that is

potentially risky without throughly considering the consequences

rather than an argument against extreme CRON per se.

I do tend to think extreme CRON has too high a price to be in

alignment with my personal values though. To me the things that the

media makes such a big deal about like giving up ice cream or pizza

are small sacrifices toward a greater goal in the grand scheme of

things. Eat less to live longer? Well, ok. I'll cut a Faustian

bargain - devil take me . I'll skirt starvations edges with my

eyes fixated on the prize. Big plans - great expectations. Only

*THEN* you start getting down to the *REAL* sacrifices: being cold

(i'll live with it), hunger (starting to hurt but I'll make do - or

at least tolerate a *little* hunger - I start to compromise), looking

like a concentration camp survivor (starting to hurt more - but a

female can get away with being quite thin in this society - I'll even

take a slight decrease in my attractiveness for the cause - but only

a slight one - I start to compromise more), hyperactivity (hurting

more), loss of libido (oh man forget the whole thing! ). Sex and

death. Death and sex. Forever and ever and ever.

But realisticaly the loss of sexuality doesn't seem a small thing.

Sure I may be young for a long time - but asexual - much like an

eternal child I think - Pan. Because sex is never just about

sex but to state the obvious is a huge part of human life (of life).

Besides how healthy and how risky is extreme CRON anyway? At a

certain level of body fat (the exact level I don't know) never mind

libido but simple female reproductive functions cease. Is this

healthy? And what risks does it carry for a young woman to go

through what is in effect premature menopause? At what level of

extreme CRON does it become indistinguishable from anorexia?

Food for thought people ..

Although I certainly want a long life. Heck I want a CR pill but I

make do .

By the way, I have experienced very few symptoms myself - only a

little hunger, some coldness, and a slight increase in energy (harder

to sleep). But I am relatively new and try to go slow.

Now I think I need to do research for several hours so I can make a

post to the main group about something eventually . To continue a

calcium debate I never fully resolved someday ...

Ciao