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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by chollida1 on Thursday August 11, 2016 @04:13PM (#12271273)
A few weeks ago I wrote, what I thought was a simple comment about how I use fasting/calorie restriction that ended up getting 210 votes and causing a lot of differing opinions as to its health benefits.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12188577

Aubrey De Grey is someone who has done alot of work in this area and I recommend watching his TED talk.

https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_a...

Like almost all science in this area, nothing is really proven to work yet.

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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by bduerst on Thursday August 11, 2016 @05:37PM (#12271745)
In case anyone was wondering what the "Seven ways we age" are and doesn't want to sit through a TED video, you can find them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types...
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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by electriclove on Thursday August 11, 2016 @05:24PM (#12271656)
Can you please describe how you do your 3 day fast? There were similar questions to your comment on the prior HN thread that were likely missed and went unanswered. Thank you!
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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by js2 on Thursday August 11, 2016 @06:07PM (#12271962)
The BBC documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer by Michael Mosley also discusses the benefits of fasting:

https://vimeo.com/103656060

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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by andrepd on Thursday August 11, 2016 @07:15PM (#12272374)
>Like almost all science in this area, nothing is really proven to work yet.

That's why nobody should really buy into these fad diets until such a time as one is rigorously shown to be beneficial.

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Re:The fight to cheat death is heating up by mikegedelman on Thursday August 11, 2016 @05:16PM (#12271610)
You mentioned potentially lower cancer risk, is there any other reason you fast 6pm - noon next day?

I've done intermittent fasting before, which is basically the same as what you said you do every day, but not sure if you call it that. Like, do you feel better during the day? I did it just to help lose weight, but would be interested in doing it again if there are other possible benefits.

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