Calorie Restriction

“But calorie restriction is probably not for everyone. Our findings are important because they provide evidence from a randomized trial that slowing human aging may be possible.”

“Therefore, bone loss at clinically important sites of osteoporotic fractures represents a potential limitation of prolonged CR for extending life span.”

“The calorie-restriction intervention did cause slight declines in bone density, lean body mass, and aerobic capacity (the ability of the body to use oxygen during exercise).”

“Clinical trials suggest that caloric restriction may offer similar health benefits to humans, but the studies have been too short to provide conclusive results.”

“We, the authors, conclude that the evidence as it stands weakly supports the conclusion that CR modestly extends human life.”

“These reproductive side effects are not to be taken lightly; in addition to being generally unpleasant, there are long-term consequences to maintaining a prolonged state of sex hormone suppression”

“I've found that with time, a sensation of 'hungry' is just another sensation that my body reports - it's not an imperative to eat.”

“CR as a life extension method in non-obese humans remains unsupported; much relevant evidence suggests that it will not work and may be harmful.”

“Basically I felt like I was on the edge of a cold all the time. Anything activity like cycling was utterly draining. The world was very dull and grey indeed.”