Guest guest Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 : you need to read Walford's book. After reading, many of these questions will be cleared up. on 6/16/2003 5:49 PM, paultheo2000 at paultheo2000@... wrote: > The question then becomes: WHAT IS the ~real~ goal of CR? Is it purely > a reduction in calories? Does this mean that a 95lb woman on CR will > be healthier and live longer than a 150lb man on CR? Is it the > absolute number of calories that matter? Or is it the relative amount > of calories for each individual? And if so: relative to what? If my > basic caloric needs are 2000 calories and I add 500 calories worth of > exercise is this not equivalent too not exercising and reducing 500 > calories in my diet? Is there something magical about a daily caloric > requirement that is lower in absolute terms? > > This should be fairly easy to verify: did lighter mice live longer? > Did those who consumed the least amount of total food live longer? > > I'm so confused. > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Many of these topics have been discussed and are in the archives which can be very useful to research. In a nutshell, the only thing that counts are HEALTHY calories as compared to what you eat ad lib. This differs for everyone. If you would normally eat 2400 junk food calories a day and you go on CR and switch to 1600 healthy calories, you are 30% restricted (if my math is correct). You are eating 30% fewer cal a day. You can add exercise instead but according to Walford and other scientists, it's not the same. For one thing, overdoing or too much exercise releases free radicals. Thus there's a law of diminishing returns afa exercise. Walford himself is a moderate exerciser (or at least he was - not sure what he does now that he is somewhat incapacitated). Weight or lightness had nothing to do with living longer. In fact the obese mice who were still on the heavy side even with CRON lived the longest. So weight is not relevant. I really think you should be patient and wait the two months to get and read the book. After all you're only 17 and have the rest of your life for this. on 6/16/2003 5:49 PM, paultheo2000 at paultheo2000@... wrote: > The question then becomes: WHAT IS the ~real~ goal of CR? Is it purely > a reduction in calories? Does this mean that a 95lb woman on CR will > be healthier and live longer than a 150lb man on CR? Is it the > absolute number of calories that matter? Or is it the relative amount > of calories for each individual? And if so: relative to what? If my > basic caloric needs are 2000 calories and I add 500 calories worth of > exercise is this not equivalent too not exercising and reducing 500 > calories in my diet? Is there something magical about a daily caloric > requirement that is lower in absolute terms? > > This should be fairly easy to verify: did lighter mice live longer? > Did those who consumed the least amount of total food live longer? > > I'm so confused. > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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