I could see calorie restriction really had little basis and moreover, little logic, to it.
But also, I'm 40+, 6', 135 pounds and I eat as much as I possibly can. I'm probably on the high of high metabolism. Losing 15% of body weight for me would, uh, really bad. And that's the thing, there's lot of genetic variation concerning gain weight propensity and a lot environmental variation concerning diet and level of activity. NONE of this is apparent in lab-animal studies. Lab animals are genetically uniform creatures who just sit around and eat dull food, even for a mouse (or monkey or whatever). If you've lived like a lab animal so-far, time to get out a bit but otherwise, the conclusions might not be warranted.
After a reading this article,
http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/forever-young/eldorado-des...
I could see calorie restriction really had little basis and moreover, little logic, to it.
But also, I'm 40+, 6', 135 pounds and I eat as much as I possibly can. I'm probably on the high of high metabolism. Losing 15% of body weight for me would, uh, really bad. And that's the thing, there's lot of genetic variation concerning gain weight propensity and a lot environmental variation concerning diet and level of activity. NONE of this is apparent in lab-animal studies. Lab animals are genetically uniform creatures who just sit around and eat dull food, even for a mouse (or monkey or whatever). If you've lived like a lab animal so-far, time to get out a bit but otherwise, the conclusions might not be warranted.