X-Message-Number: 10581 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:57:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Best <> Subject: Fitness versus Fatness, REALLY the last time > Message #10578 > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:56:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug Skrecky <> > Subject: more on fitness versus fatness [snip] > If there exists any data supporting an antiaging effect of caloric > restriction in adult humans I'd like to see it. I am so astounded by Douglas asking this, that I going to reply, even though I do NOT intend for this to be a forum for debate about this topic. What astounds me so much about this is that Douglas has been through this with me so many times before and approaches the matter as if it is brand-new and never been mentioned before. I have replied to Douglas on this very subject in CryoNet on 12-May-1996 (see http://www.clark.net/pub/kfl/les/cryonet/6189.html). But I have also further discussed and cited references ad-nauseum in my postings in the CRSOCIETY and CRAN lists, where such discussions were far more relevant to the venu. Even if there were some controversy over whether caloric restriction with adequate nutrition would extend the MAXIMUM lifespan of adults, the evidence is considerable that it will extend the MEAN lifespan. The references I cited yesterday are sufficient to prove this (unlike Douglas' reference which does not correct for underlying disease in analyzing BMI). Countless studies have shown reduction of blood pressure and blood glucose and other biomarkers of aging with loss of weight (fat). My personal experience with this is documented in the June 1998 issue of LIFE EXTENSION magazine, and it corresponds with the personal evidence of the BioSpherians as documented in THE ANTI-AGING PLAN. -------------------------------------------- Ben Best () http://www.benbest.com/ ICQ -- http://www.mirabilis.com/20636141 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10581