Re:Can a Diet That Mimics Fasting Turn Back the Clock?
by d8421l01vv4r on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @02:12PM
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From https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glv057
We found no significant adverse effects of CR [calorie restriction] on a broad range of quality of life variables including mood, self-reported hunger, sexual function, and cognitive function, using validated measures of all constructs. These results are shown in online Supplementary eTable 3.
> Trying to keep calories at or below 2000 is hard enough.
How much of a reduction from your baseline usage is 2000 kcal per day?
Re:Can a Diet That Mimics Fasting Turn Back the Clock?
by rubatuga on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @02:05PM
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Well, the thing is your ideas and feelings might change after the fasting period, and you may end up thinking that it hasn’t negatively impacted your life.
Re:Can a Diet That Mimics Fasting Turn Back the Clock?
by scottLobster on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @04:25PM
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It's actually quite easy after the first few days. Your body simply has to adjust to burning fat/glycogen. I've gone days when I've eaten maybe 500 calories and never felt hungry, but the first day I thought I was going to pass out. One thing you learn from fasting is to recognize when your body actually needs food vs when you just crave a blood-sugar-rush. What most people think of as "hungry" is really just a trained reflex, and it can be retrained. These days if I'm not active I can easily go at least 12 hours without feeling hungry.
Granted my job is sitting in a cube 9 hours a day with some scattered meetings. YMMV.
Does quality of life have some specific medical meaning? I'd say not being able to eat as much would be a huge reduction in quality of life for myself and many people in know. No I don't massively over eat like many Americans but I love eating and cooking and going out to dinner. Trying to keep calories at or below 2000 is hard enough. I can't imagine having to try to enjoy even less.