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Re:Calorie restrictive eating for longer life? The story we ... by JulianMorrison on Monday July 13, 2009 @09:40AM (#701654)
I'm paraphrasing because I'm not a scientist.

Slack = various sorts of resources, including immune resources.

Crud = inter- and intra-cellular unwanted buildup of proteins, failing cells, non-reversible damage, yadda yadda. It all gets torn up and coincidentally cleaned up by the body's panic for materiel.

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Re:Calorie restrictive eating for longer life? The story we ... by randallsquared on Monday July 13, 2009 @01:18PM (#702083)
If that's the case, intermittent fasting seems like it should produce similar effects to CR. I wait with bated breath for the experiment that does intermittent CR on mice. :)
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Re:Calorie restrictive eating for longer life? The story we ... by eru on Monday July 13, 2009 @01:32PM (#702114)
Last time I check slack and crud ("Schlacken" in German) were very popular with quacks and diet fads, but had no science behind them.
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