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So /fit/, what do you think about calorie restriction for a longer life? For example, the Okinawa diet and CRON-diet.

From wiki "In human subjects, CR has been shown to lower cholesterol, fasting glucose, and blood pressure. Some consider these to be biomarkers of aging, since there is a correlation between these markers and risk of diseases associated with aging. Except for houseflies (below), animal species tested with CR so far, including primates, rats, mice, spiders, Drosophila, C. elegans and rotifers, have shown lifespan extension[citation needed]. CR is the only known dietary measure capable of extending maximum lifespan, as opposed to average lifespan. In CR, energy intake is minimized, but sufficient quantities of vitamins, minerals and other important nutrients must be eaten."
In before "lol wikipedia", bbc has an article on okinawans and long life btw http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7250675.stm

Basically as the name implies, you limit your calories, something like between 10-25% under standard intake.

So, is this stupid? If i actually did this, it would be for the long haul, so im doing research. What does /fit/ think?
>> Anonymous
>>7433
i was thinking that with regular exercise i would still be fit and energetic
>> Anonymous
>>7446

Not nearly to the extent that someone with normal calorie intake would be. Your body needs that much food for a reason; it can adjust to lowered intake, but it does so by lowering your energy levels, eating muscle and other soft tissues, and storing more fat whenever it can.
>> Anonymous
>>7448

> Not nearly to the extent that someone with normal calorie intake would be. Your body needs that much food for a reason; it can adjust to lowered intake, but it does so by lowering your energy levels, eating muscle and other soft tissues, and storing more fat whenever it can.

Fer chrissake, read the fucking article!

> "The calendar may say they're 70 but their body says they're 50," says Bradley Willcox, a scientist researching the extraordinary phenomenon. "The most impressive part of it is that a good lot of them are healthy until the very end."
>> Anonymous
>>7469
Like Jack Lalanne's method better: Just keep hitting that shit like mad.


# 1979 (age 65): Jack towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with 6,500 pounds of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp.
# 1980 (age 66): Jack towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile in less than one hour.
# 1984 (age 70): Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary.
>> Anonymous
>>7469

There is nothing there that contradicts what I've said. You can be healthy with heavily atrophied muscles and a propensity to store fat whenever you splurge. You'll just be very weak.

It amounts to how muscular you want to be and how much energy you want to have. Under this diet, you WILL have less energy and you WILL be extremely skinny. You'll live longer though. 'Tis a tradeoff!
>> Anonymous
Guys, look up lean gains and intermittent fasting. Then you can GTFO. These guys have made lean muscle gains while losing body fat simultaneously, been following it for a month and a half. Works a treat. Do try it!
>> Anonymous
>>7740
"These guys have made lean muscle gains while losing body fat simultaneously"

This is impossible and voodoo diet nonsense. The human body simply doesn't work this way, as any nutritionist, bodybuilder, scientist, or researcher without an axe to grind will tell you.