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
         
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> 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.

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