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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by gnosis on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:19PM (#5370504)
Caloric restriction used to be thought to increase lifespan, but more recent studies don't support this.[1][2]

[1] - http://earthsky.org/human-world/oops-caloric-restriction-may...

[2] - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7415/full/nature1...

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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by lucisferre on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @08:46PM (#5372343)
Yeah it didn't make much sense to me either. More I was just saying that obviously people can go well below these "minimums" with limited ill effects.
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