Just MHO on the Adventist study

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I was thinking about this study in the back of my mind when I was

considering if CR is really worth it. With maximum lifespan extension

a longshot, and with the potentiality of side effects, it seems

sometimes to be an overwrought manner to extend life.

But these guys are showing that " cleaning " up your life gives you

another freakin' decade! That's rather impressive for something that

could be considered " baby CR " . Maybe human lifespan *is* as malleable

in the face of caloric intake as the rodent data would suggest.

It would be difficult to pinpoint whether or not they might be

benefitting somewhat from CR, in that do exhibit quite a bit of

rectitude concerning their diet, as do the Okinawans. However, they

do not seem to be overly concerned with calories per se, but with

maintenance of an optimal physique through any manner, including

exercise.

This might serve as a powerful argument against pushing CR too far,

since so much benefit can be abstracted from " traditional " health

interventions.

Or, alternatively, it might serve as just a tantalizing " appetizer "

for rigorous CR, in that if 10 years can be added by simply living an

Adventist lifestyle, than what could be accomplished with the

cumulative physiologic and genetic changes evoked by a CR diet?

As always, more questions are often revealed with novel findings than

answers. But the one thing that is quite certain is that making

changes from the SAD diet we all practiced a long time will have

benefit, and to proactively choose a SAD diet in the face of this

understanding is to " want to die " , which indicates an individual

is " more messed up in the head " than even the most rabid CR zealot.

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