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 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03277-6 
 Eat more dicks
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 That’s what the yogis would do 
 Any evidence of monks practicing this? 
 (Buddhist) monks just eat what they're given.

traditionally its not a large quantity. 
 I know a few monks and like Han Shan said they typically eat what they’re given (monastery monks). Monks or rather yogis  who take layperson life eat light and when hungry. Keep things simple. 

Unless you wanted Buddhist texts of the same idea 
 In the Dhammapada, the Buddha advises monks to eat in moderation, not for indulgence but to sustain the body.

	“Contentment is the highest wealth. The wise, by having understood this, do not delight in storing up things. They live in moderation, using only what is needed.” (Dhammapada, Verse 204) 
 I knowww but eating is so amazing 🥲 
 When you eat fully enjoy it. When not eating, fully enjoy life. 
 But following Jesus leads to eternal life 
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 I recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/When-Body-Says-Stress-Disease-Connection/dp/0470923350/

You can't have a long longevity if you are not emotionally & mentally stable.

A study was made (I don't have the link for it) that compared people who lived for more than 100 years, and the habits and behaviors of these people were very variable, some people even smoked.

But 2 interesting things that they all shared in common was:
- They usually never traveled
- They wouldn't be too sad in the presence of adversity, they would face life's daily problems with good humor 
 Cool, those 2 things at the end are definitely me. I'll make a nostr post to verify it to others if I live past 100 then. 
 Eating less can lead to a longer life: study in Japanese shows why
https://observatoireprevention.org/en/2021/03/09/why-do-the-japanese-have-the-highest-life-expectancy-in-the-world/ 
 💐💐💐 
 Less how much on a scale that 1 is communism and 10 is capitalism? 😅  
 Nah b it’s called minimalism 
 😆🫀 
 I remember watching documentaries on this years ago. The only way to truly test is longitudinal studies. Not easy to find volunteers! But there were a few people in the documentary who had been doing this from quite young. Be interesting to find and see follow up as they must be on restricted diet for at least 20 years by now. Wish I could remember who did the documentary. Was in uk 
 I totally agree. Buddhist monks also eat one meal a day, remain peace and calm through out the day. 
 True! 
 it  feels like the articles on this topic are a bit contradictory. they say that maintaining good muscle mass is key to aging well but you can't really build muscle without eating at a slight calorie surplus

 
 I've never heard muscle mass maintenance being the key factor, it's none density from my understanding  
 People who constantly talk about “healthy” body image usually project some insecurity, which we all have. Chill, Jack. Everyone is gorgeous, just the way we are.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02367-8 
 The link he shared has nothing to do with body image, it's literally a scientific article about health.  
 intermittent fasting fixes everything. #nostr fixes everything. 
 So the bright side to next year’s food shortages and eating less will be increased longevity? 😂 
 What makes you anticipate food shortages next year?  
 America is in a death and rebirth stage. I’m assuming food shortages will be a symptom of a collapsing empire. I could be wrong though. 
 Nothing specific about the timing though? I agree, but I've thought that for a decade and the industrial food complex appears to be ramping up production. My thinking is more on the mid century time frame 
 5% sodas where’s it’s at hydrogen-fused 2 
 This is the way, incorporate fasting into your lifestyle. 
 Like all mice studies,flawed. We are not mice
Bad food Bible addresses these studies and Fiat food shows the results of following these type of studies 
 Got a link?  
 Old but frail? No thanks. 
 Don't think it said anything about being frail....  
 A lifelong caloric deficit makes retention let alone growth of muscle essentially impossible. Frailty is the inevitable result. 
 Frailty comes from a lack of bone density, not lack of muscle.  
 Also, you must not have read the article because the second paragraph describes subjecting them to regular fasting regimes, not lifelong caloric deficit. I don't believe lifelong caloric deficit is even possible nor is it mentioned in the article. 

Lastly, you can gain muscle and then maintain it on a caloric deficit anyways, it's what body builders do every season. So even your initial assertion is wrong. Now I know that is a little different, but you can build muscle and not gain weight too. I feel like you're way over simplifying the process of muscle gain and retention and the essence of this article is that obesity is bad  
 3-7 day fasts are known to stimulate stem cells to replicate and regenerate tissue... it is related to the process of ketosis, and apoptosis and autophagy (burning fats, cells committing suicide and cells consuming other cells)...

something that i would mention is that all of these processes depend on adequate levels of iodine and not excessive levels of fluorine and bromine

fasts are a good thing to do, at least a few times a year, i think, but the benefits of maintaining adequate levels of iodine can't be overstated... i had massive results with it and it affected my nerves and immune system in really good ways

i was just made aware that it is a critical element in the chain that enables ketosis and without ketosis you don't really make good use of fats for energy, speaking of calories... i mean, combine raising iodine levels and after 3 days of fasting you will experience a massive metabolic boost that makes you able to tolerate cold a lot easier and increases endurance and strength 
 "Some mice were placed on calorie-limited diets, another group followed intermittent fasting regimens, and others were allowed to eat freely."

Sounds like only some of the mice were fasted intermittently, others had calories restricted.

I'm certainly open to the benefits of intermittent fasting and have experimented with it myself.

Having practiced (natural) bodybuilding for years in the past I was never able to maintain muscle mass whilst restricting calories. This may just speak to my lack of talent as a bodybuilder. Pros are typically still using some sort of exogenous testosterone derivative while dieting for competition so I don't think that's a good example.

As a competitive weightlifter in multiple weight classes for over 15 years I feel I have a good understanding of how my body reacts to various dietary interventions and in my experience anything but brief caloric restriction leads to loss of both fat and muscle (not to mention strength).

BTW the Cambridge Dictionary's definition of frail seems to cover both our usages.



https://m.primal.net/LRbC.jpg
 
 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08026-3#Sec9

I'd recommend reading the actual paper not the article  
 Thanks, will do. 
 The 1 day per week intermittent fasting group appears the most interesting to me as overall caloric intake was maintained but body weight slightly reduced (possible improvement in body composition?) and some measured health benefits.

To me the loss of lean mass (and probable hunger) experienced by the 40% and 20% caloric restriction groups (if applicable to humans) would considerably reduce quality of life while increasing the risk of hospitalisation and early death from falling injuries in later life.

Each to their own I suppose. My preference would be to live an averagely long life with a high capacity over a long life with compromised capacity. 
 Some of these graphs are hard to read on mobile, but I thought that lean tissue loss was only shown on the 40% group?  
 Vero 
 “ …processes beyond simple metabolic regulation drive how the body responds to limited-calorie regimes. What mattered most for lengthening lifespan were traits related to immune health and red-blood-cell function. Also key was overall resilience, presumably encoded in the animals’ genes, to the stress of reduced food intake.” 
 (in mice) 
 Eat more ass. 
 Fasting, Matcha, and Lions-mane and you also survive the mice 🐭 

#experimentsbelonginlabs
#lockdown https://image.nostr.build/5f627ca36f883889fcd21b53138a8bc4c28f0b65038fd3682ce782b32ff66103.jpg  
 Maybe it is fine to die a bit sooner… 
 New study: eating bugs makes you live forever🤣🤣🤣 
 I feel like closing down my account on X. I'm tired of psychopath who runs it. 👎 
 The assassination jokes, fake charity- upcharging victims of hurricanes in Florida  who lost their houses and families. Everything......he is disgusting and I'm tired of his psychotic behavior  
 I noticed I live longer since I start to eat less. 👍 
 #Fasting helps the b0dy 2 tUne  directly 2 receive  ph0tons 4m sunlight 4 energy. (Uv ph0tons)

All of us have plant's genes in us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sM2e3SS6MM 
 This is tough for me, because I’m a big do you believe what the studies say or your own lying eyes kinda guy. About a year and a half ago I tried going on a rather intense caloric reduction protocol. I was eating about 1,000-1,400 calories a day as a 6’2”, 170 lb male. Over the next 5 months I gradually fell to a low of 138 lbs, I had literally no energy, was waking up in panic attacks in the middle of the night at least twice a week, and was in a terrible mental state. I should mention, for about 2.5 months I completely cut out all dairy, meat, and eggs, maybe this is where I went wrong. Either way, like many have taught throughout history, I have learned that their are equilibriums you must find for yourself, you know when you are straying too far outside equilibrium because you feel it. Error on the side of eating less, for sure, but I have found a balanced day with lots of movement trumps everything else for me personally. 
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 I’d argue it’s not not eating that is beneficial, it’s not eating carbs and other junk that is in fact beneficial. 
 Almost every civilization of the past has regarded caloric restriction as a panacea. It’s simply common sense, we trade it for the illusion of growth through overconsumption. 
 Eating less junk and more nutrient dense food! 
Also, according to human design there's other factors that are worth exploring that are highly individual based on a person's design. 
Here's three very different determinations to three different constitutions and food is not the only variable to properly absorbing the nutrients. 

https://image.nostr.build/796402c7c047473a39113cd4be801f7f4b3cd04d2c2b7a26efad3a9b68b90b2f.jpg
Or 
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 That has been known for decades. But who would want to be underweight their whole life? 
 Extra fat weight is the issue. Also the extreme muscle weight is an issue as well. Eat less in calories and go for the nutrients. 
 I barely eat, mostly because I don’t have much an appetite. But good to know it’s actually been a good thing this whole time lol. 
 I need to heed this advice. Picked up an extra 3 kilos since falling head over heel for a beautiful young woman 
 In this episode we discuss:
-How the largest body of evidence cited in favor of hormesis actually doesn’t support it at all 
-Why caloric restriction is NOT responsible for slowing aging and extending lifespan (and what is actually responsible) 
-The many factors that confound the calorie restriction research (including differences between organisms, poor research design, amino acid restriction, PUFA, endotoxin, and more) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXHKWS0F7rw 
 Me eating while 🤙 this 👀 
 The sad thing is we have only data from mice. Mice die after not eating for 2-4 days. We humans are very special, as our brains need a lot of energy (20 percent of our energy needs go to our brain), so to survive we had to develop the ability to be more ketogenic than most animals and the ability to store fat and use autophagy (e.g., dogs die if they have more than 12 percent body fat, due to heart failure; humans can withstand much, much more fat). As a result, we can last without food for much longer than mice. So the findings there are often not directly translatable.

We have a lot of data about lean body mass being correlated with health, but the longevity data is simply not there. I would be cautious with filling in the blanks prematurely here... at least the way we humans process protein and our needs are completely different from those of rodents. Check out Prof. Layman's research on this topic. 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_glycation_end-product

Sugar-induced Protein/Peptide/Lipid Glycation. 🔥 
 This is far from the fist study to show that.   
 I needed this to argument with my wife 😅 
 Trust me, don’t do that 😂 
 Appreciate your concern! 
 Im sure this is misleading, eat less of what? Does this mention the harms of ultra processed foods? 

Maybe eat less shit and you’ll live longer 
 Yep, nothing about WHAT to eat, just count calories? That’s it? I can eat 1800 calories of Cheetos and live longer. This is bullshit 
 hara hashi bu 
 Dr. Casey Means, @caseymeans on X, is on a mission to help change our metabolic health crisis. We need her on NOSTR because the "control mongers" will be coming for her. I have tried sharing it with her on X but maybe an invite from you would get her attention :). Peace