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April 17, 2005
Fast Days
There are almost as many ways to practice CR (Calorie Restriction) as there are CR practitioners. That's one thing that makes it fun... if you get tired of your routine, you can change it!
In the eternal quest to take my calories lower to achieve maximum longevity benefits, I've tried all sorts of experiments. I seem to consistently fail at keeping my calories low and measured when I go out, and I don't want to give up going out with my friends. So I thought I'd try a new strategy of just lowering my calories on normal days, then not worrying all that much about how many I eat when I go out.
Problem with that is, my normal day is already so low that I have trouble taking it lower. But then last week, when I had a fast day, I was reminded of how easy it is for me to fast, and how I enjoy the process both physically and mentally. So I'm thinking about incorporating regular fast days into my CR routine. Walford used to do this.
The last two days have been high calorie... on Friday night, I took my mom out to the art museum, where we ate cheese plates and crab cakes and drank pinot noir. Then on Saturday I met some friends in Center City for dinner and ate white bean soup, a clam and Chilean sea bass entree, and a piece of bread, along with several glasses of red wine. So two heavy calorie days. Today I'm detoxing... the only food I've had was a taste of my megamuffins, which miraculously turned out well! They're a bit more tart than MR's, no doubt because there are two entire limes in there! But they're quite passable.
I'm thinking these fast days might be good for my total calorie intake. I don't want to give up going out with my friends and eating "normally" on about a weekly basis, but I don't want to remain forever at my current calorie level. Combined with a weekly fast or near fast and a daily diet that's low in calories and great on nutrition, it just might work!
Posted by april at April 17, 2005 10:13 PM
Comments
MR doesn't really approve of fasting, it being a bit too close to EOD, which seems not to work as CR in adult organims:
http://mailman.aaas.org/mailman/private/sagemail/20030803.txt
(Free login, with no commercial datamining horseshit, available here:
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The most important study is (1).
... and he definitely hopes folks will stop eating "Chilean sea bass" (Patagonian Toothfish):
http://environet.policy.net/marine/csb/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0522_020522_seabass.html
-Michael
1. Goodrick CL, Ingram DK, Reynolds MA, Freeman JR, Cider N. Effects of intermittent feeding upon body weight and lifespan in inbred mice: interaction of genotype and age. Mech Ageing Dev. 1990 Jul;55(1):69-87. PMID: 2402168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Posted by: MR at April 18, 2005 8:38 AM
MR doesn't really approve of fasting, it being a bit too close to EOD, which seems not to work as CR in adult organims:
http://mailman.aaas.org/mailman/private/sagemail/20030803.txt
(Free login, with no commercial datamining horseshit, available here:
http://mailman.aaas.org/mailman/listinfo/sagemail
The most important study is (1).
... and he definitely hopes folks will stop eating "Chilean sea bass" (Patagonian Toothfish):
http://environet.policy.net/marine/csb/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0522_020522_seabass.html
-Michael
1. Goodrick CL, Ingram DK, Reynolds MA, Freeman JR, Cider N. Effects of intermittent feeding upon body weight and lifespan in inbred mice: interaction of genotype and age. Mech Ageing Dev. 1990 Jul;55(1):69-87. PMID: 2402168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Posted by: MR at April 18, 2005 8:39 AM
MR doesn't really approve of fasting, it being a bit too close to EOD, which seems not to work as CR in adult organims:
http://mailman.aaas.org/mailman/private/sagemail/20030803.txt
(Free login, with no commercial datamining horseshit, available here:
http://mailman.aaas.org/mailman/listinfo/sagemail
The most important study is (1).
... and he definitely hopes folks will stop eating "Chilean sea bass" (Patagonian Toothfish):
http://environet.policy.net/marine/csb/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0522_020522_seabass.html
-Michael
1. Goodrick CL, Ingram DK, Reynolds MA, Freeman JR, Cider N. Effects of intermittent feeding upon body weight and lifespan in inbred mice: interaction of genotype and age. Mech Ageing Dev. 1990 Jul;55(1):69-87. PMID: 2402168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Posted by: MR at April 18, 2005 8:39 AM
How 'bout Tilapia?
-Dan
Posted by: Dan at April 18, 2005 10:53 AM
Dan,
Tilapia are a very good choice. Check out my blog at eatwell4life.blogspot.com.
Posted by: Mary at April 18, 2005 7:58 PM