Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf...
by arcticfox on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:55PM
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That is a very shallow perspective. Fasting causes large, measurable phase changes in cellular function (eg autophagy). You can question whether it actually works or not, but there's a very plausible mechanism for why it would work that isn't simply related to calories-in-calories-out weight loss.
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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf...
by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:04PM
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I think it's fair to say that we don't have to do something just because there's a plausible mechanism for a benefit. If there are clear and obvious health benefits that are far beyond what you see with a regular calorically restricted diet, I haven't heard them well explained.
Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf...
by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @02:08PM
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The points listed there include heart health and the prevention of diabetes and obesity, which are very clearly things traditional caloric restriction also help with. For the other claims I don't see any comparison with traditional caloric restriction (I can't access the source paper).
Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf...
by arcticfox on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:33PM
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I think we are talking past each other actually - I read your question "how did it make you healthier?" as in "how did it act to make you healthier?" and now I think you were saying "how did you determine it made you healthier?". Ambiguity of English strikes again...