Anti-Aging News!

by metatron 10 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  Scientific American has been very conservative about reporting progress
  on the anti-aging front.

  That may change, however, with the new August issue discussing
  the testing of new chemicals which mimic caloric deprivation.

  As the article explains, the best bet for extending the life of
  any organism (all the way up to monkeys) is feeding it a balanced
  but very limited diet. This is tough for humans (who usually can't be
  caged) because eating as much as you want is fun.

  The 'DNA chip' can identify what genes are expressed or turned off
  in the aging process by a limited caloric diet. Therefore, new
  drugs can be tested to see if they 'mimic' the caloric deprivation
  process - without starving.

  Thus, you don't have to wait centuries to test anti- aging treatments
  on people - using caloric deprivation as a model.

  ... and that could change the whole world.

  metatron
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  zenpunk

  I've actually read a study on this - it's modeled after some of the eating habits in ancient Tibet. In theory it will probably work, but I know of very few people who have that kind of willpower - especially with the accessibility of food everywhere.
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  Dutchie

  Zenpunk, I do. I have long believed that we as Americans just eat too much!! I eat very little. I am 38 years old and everyone says I look younger. I feel great besides. However, I don't know how much is diet and how much is just "good" genes!
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  zenpunk

  Dutchie - I'd love to know your routine. I'm pretty good, I don't eat fast food, desserts, etc. I try to keep the calories under 1500 a day. Physically I'm doing alright (thanks to the gym as well) but I'm still aging as fast as everyone else and sometimes I'm sooooooo tired. Am I missing something?
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  Dutchie

  Hi Zenpunk, I'm not an expert or anything. I only know what works for me. I do not eat fast food at all. Can't stand all that grease. I eat lots of raw peppers and carrots. I have a refrigerator full of yogurts. I hardly eat meat. My mother only rarely gave us meat with I was little and so its carried over. I do eat chicken sometimes and ground turkey.

  I know its going to sound strange, but you know how pwople eat meat, veggies and poitatoes or rice for dinner? That balanced meal all the nutritionists talk about. Well, we eat only one of those. In other words for dinner we'll have just the meat, or just the potatoes or just vegetables. Never all of them at one sitting. Too much food!

  My children are also very thin.

  I know that this is not for everyone, but it works for us.
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  sunshineToo

  And I thought it was another facial cream.
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  Sabine

  I have totally changed my eating habits the last year and went from a size 8 pant to a size 2. Mostly, I eat protein, especially at breakfast, and veggies and fish for dinner. Usually a yogurt for lunch. I used to eat carbs like crazy. I ate 2-3 bagels a day, bananas, rice, pasta, mostly a veggie diet. But, I was always hungry. I believe for me, a diet concentrating on foods with a low glycemic index works best at maintaining my weight low, I'm never hungry and I have much more energy.

  I also read that article, and thought about how so many restaurants super size their meals. Every time I go to Costco and see what people have in their carts...and in the big size too, no wonder there is an obesity problem in the US!
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  MegaDude

  Sabine,

  do you eat plain yogurt for lunch? The flavored yogurts are high glycemic and have as much sugar as a candy bar. At least, some of them do.
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  Amazing

  My current diet has no meat (a tiny bit of chicken) no dairy products, no eggs, and lots of veggies, fruit, nuts, and tree bark ... so my calorie deprevation has been going on for two months ... I've lost weight, but I'm not getting any younger.
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  TheStar

  Sabine,

  I agree. Since cutting my carbs 4 months ago, I now eat less because I get full on less, not because I starve myself by any means and I'm not hungry all the time like I used to be. I don't have the terrible sugar cravings or cravings of anything at all like I constantly had before. I have more energy, have lost 30 pounds and have gone down 4 dress sizes. I have 40 more pounds to go and I feel I can live this way for the rest of my life.