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Re:Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing by JeffSnazzy on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:41AM (#38839488)
> Which for almost every person is higher than is healthy

Why not just say "eat baseline calories"? Assuming everyone is overweight is weird.

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Re:Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:44AM (#38839517)
> Why not just say "eat baseline calories"?

This is like saying “everything in moderation.” What’s moderation? The whole point is drawing the new baseline.

> Assuming everyone is overweight is weird

Again, straw man. Nobody said as much. What is suggested by the research is we eat and expend more calories than is efficient.

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Re:Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing by JeffSnazzy on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @01:25PM (#38845009)
> This is like saying “everything in moderation.” What’s moderation?

Presumably, not always "less than what you're currently doing".

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