"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.
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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.
Heidegger apparently thought that mechanical writing (using a machine, in this case the typewriter) interferes with the "authentically handling hand", thereby concealing character, making " everyone look the same".
What would Heidegger think of our use of machines to not only write nostr notes but sign them with our unique private keys, thereby placing their authenticity beyond doubt?
Same. Makes for an interesting experience and you get to meet some locals as well as get access to barbells, squat racks and sometimes lifting platforms.
As a comp sci grad that ended up working in trad fi I have no grounding in philosophy whatsoever.
I want to thank you Erik for your writings and opening up a new world to me. I hope to thank you in person one day.
Looks to me that enclomiphene citrate was shown to decrease serum cholesterol in at least one study, whereas zuchlomiphene caused an increase. But DYOR, I may have this wrong...
I mostly dislike the over-use.
Thinking about it, these are two different characters. I'm more prepared to buy the ex-military person as hero than the ex-spook.
Could be subverted by having the character be dishonourably discharged (anti-hero) or having left voluntarily due to conflict of ideology or conscience, but these too are probably well-trodden ground.
Had dinner with my mother-in-law last night. The conversation turned to the history of money, fractional reserve banking, inflation and the role of bitcoin.
I continually fail to engage my peers in conversations on these topics.
I love the discipline of training for the sport of weightlifting (as opposed to the tedium of just lifting weights).
In my 6th decade and as strong as ever.
Most of the first $10 goes on bottling, distribution, retail margin etc. so when you pay $20 you're spending twice as much on the wine itself as when you pay $15. After that the returns diminish rapidly IMHO.
I seem to recall that Erik's book describes the origin of 'crypto' as being the ancient Greek for 'hidden'.
So 'crypto' means 'hidden' and 'cryptography' means something like 'hidden writing'.
Currently traveling but still training. in the last two weeks have used a 24hr gym in Singapore, a hotel gym in London, a modern commercial gym in Split, a park gym and an 80s style bodybuilding gym in a small town in Tuscany.
Got married on a local beach by a friend of the family (no cost). Put up a marquee in the garden and paid a caterer to feed the 40 guests. A friend handled the music. Cost about $5k. Instead of buying an expensive ring we spent months motorcycling in South America. No regrets!
A 'jobs to be done' board for freedom tech projects would be a great resource for devs looking for meaningful tasks that match their skill set and for the projects to attract contributions.
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