Do smaller people benefit more from CRON?

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know Elixxir? He seems to be the only one on

this planet who managed to practice CR for 25 years. At present he

is 42 and still looks like a boy. I don't know his height but since

he claims to consume only 1200 calories a day he definitely has to be

small if he doesn't restict his calories below the 50% limit. He's

of japanese origin so it is possible he is smaller than the average

European or American. This can be a big advantage and the reason for

the man's success.

In my case, it is just the opposite. I'm six feet five and my BMI is

26 (98 kg) due to seven years of body-building, which was grave

mistake. I'm aware of that now. My dietist told me to start with

2200 calories. In my case, that's already 60% restriction. A lot

more than the 1800 calories consumed by the people in Biosphere 2.

Now I have two questions:

1) Do smaller people have an advantage over larger people when

practicing CR?

2) What should be my set point?: My BMI of 7 years ago before I

started body-building (19-20, 75kg) or my present BMI (26, 98kg)

[Guest guest]

Hi Nutri.

My BMI is 24-25 at ~5% bodyfat, so reducing BMI means losing muscle,

which is something that I fight with physiologically (makes me really

hungry, so tend to overeat, CRON-wise) and mentally (I don't want to

become weak and wimpy).

My suggestion: don't think too much about set points. Restrict calories

enough to keep losing weight slowly. When you reach a weight you are not

willing to go below (due to factoring of other goal/priorities in your

life), just increase caloric intake for weight maintenance.

Oh, and yes: smaller people do have an advantage over larger people:

they live longer (on average). But then they may not benefit more from

CRON, though my bet is that the smaller CRONies will still outlive the

biggies. But it doesn't really matter: your size is a given; focus on

the variables you *can* control :-)

Micky.

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From: nutrinaut [mailto:neologisticscald@...]

Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:37 AM

Subject: [ ] Do smaller people benefit more from CRON?

Does anyone know Elixxir? He seems to be the only one on

this planet who managed to practice CR for 25 years. At present he

is 42 and still looks like a boy. I don't know his height but since

he claims to consume only 1200 calories a day he definitely has to be

small if he doesn't restict his calories below the 50% limit. He's

of japanese origin so it is possible he is smaller than the average

European or American. This can be a big advantage and the reason for

the man's success.

In my case, it is just the opposite. I'm six feet five and my BMI is

26 (98 kg) due to seven years of body-building, which was grave

mistake. I'm aware of that now. My dietist told me to start with

2200 calories. In my case, that's already 60% restriction. A lot

more than the 1800 calories consumed by the people in Biosphere 2.

Now I have two questions:

1) Do smaller people have an advantage over larger people when

practicing CR?

2) What should be my set point?: My BMI of 7 years ago before I

started body-building (19-20, 75kg) or my present BMI (26, 98kg)