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Calories That Count
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Contents
Introduction
Calorie Restriction vs. Malnutrition
Mechanism of Action
History of Calorie Restriction
Animal Application
Human Application
Regular vs. Calorie Restriction
Diet
Mediterranean Diet
Anti-Aging Diet Pyramid
Do You Need Calorie Restriction?
Target Anti-Aging Weight
How
To Calculate Your Ideal Body Weight and Target Anti-Aging Weight
How Many Calories Do I Need To Lose?
Designing An Anti-Aging Diet Plan
Calorie Restriction Precautions
Take Your Time
What You Need To Know
Introduction
Only a single dietary regimen has ever been conclusively demonstrated
to extend life span and improve the heath of laboratory animals and humans.
It is known as calorie restriction
(CR). Together with exercise, this is as close to the magic bullet
as one can hope for in anti-aging. There are very few, if any, disagreements
among anti-aging experts that calorie restriction can increase longevity.
 The
average human consumes 1,500 calories a day. The average American consumes
2,100 calories a day. For most of the population, calorie restriction means taking in about 20-30 percent fewer calories.
For those serious about CR, the restriction can go up to 40%. In other words,
the average-size human on a CR diet might consume 1,500 calories a day,
compared to the 2,100 calories of the typical American. This anti-aging
diet is made up of four or five small meals a day and consists predominantly
of vegetables and fruits. "It requires a psychological profile only one
person in 1,000 has," says Richard Miller, associate director for research
at the University of Michigan Geriatrics Center.
Nevertheless, CR diets are widely practiced by anti-aging experts. The
reasons are clear - the list of the beneficial effects of CR reads like
the packaging on a miracle
cure. Benefits include: Increased average
and maximum life spans and reduction in occurrence of virtually all age-related
diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, ocular
degeneration, blood pressure, and cancer. These reductions
range from two-fold to as much as ten-fold. (For example, 50
percent of female control mice of a particular genetic strain develop breast
cancer, but only 5 percent of the same strain developed cancer if on a CR
diet.)
Two caveats - the diets must include plentiful
amounts of vitamins and minerals, and the subjects must be undernourished
without being malnourished.
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