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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by freshhawk on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @10:49PM (#5372786)
My impression is that everyone is dialing back their excitement over those results. They were based on rats, they failed to hold up for primates and almost certainly will shorten lifespan for humans.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=calorie-res...

Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by damoncali on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @11:24PM (#5372908)
Perhaps, but I believe the one I saw was on people, not rats.