How can I live a longer, healthier life?
There's some new research coming out of the University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, the University of California and MIT that is showing that calorie restriction can extend a longer, higher quality life. Just living longer is good, but having a higher quality of life is even better. According to the article, One for the Ages: A Prescription that may Extend Life, researchers at Cornell were able to extend the life of mice by 40%, just by giving them 30% less food than other mice. In Wisconsin, they tested primates and were able to see similar results.
Does this work for humans though? Dr. Roy Walford believed it and started the trend 30 years ago when working at the University of California. In the human studies mentioned in the article, there was a man mentioned who survived on 2,100 calories a day. He was 6 foot tall and weighed about 135 pounds. That really isn't calorie restriction though, that's the normal amount of food that he should be eating.
So if the thought of this interests you, but at the same time terrifies you, I think I have a solution. It's not that you have to starve yourself to death to make it happen, but don't overeat. I believe that overeating will lean to weight gain, thus reducing the health of the body, which results in a shorter life span. Just eat the number of calories you should be eating, and you should be ok.
How many calories should you be eating? Calorie Counter at MyFoodDiary.com
There's some new research coming out of the University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, the University of California and MIT that is showing that calorie restriction can extend a longer, higher quality life. Just living longer is good, but having a higher quality of life is even better. According to the article, One for the Ages: A Prescription that may Extend Life, researchers at Cornell were able to extend the life of mice by 40%, just by giving them 30% less food than other mice. In Wisconsin, they tested primates and were able to see similar results.
Does this work for humans though? Dr. Roy Walford believed it and started the trend 30 years ago when working at the University of California. In the human studies mentioned in the article, there was a man mentioned who survived on 2,100 calories a day. He was 6 foot tall and weighed about 135 pounds. That really isn't calorie restriction though, that's the normal amount of food that he should be eating.
So if the thought of this interests you, but at the same time terrifies you, I think I have a solution. It's not that you have to starve yourself to death to make it happen, but don't overeat. I believe that overeating will lean to weight gain, thus reducing the health of the body, which results in a shorter life span. Just eat the number of calories you should be eating, and you should be ok.
How many calories should you be eating? Calorie Counter at MyFoodDiary.com
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