No point in beating around the bush. The only parts of the Project that have survived are the calorie budget and the supplements. I’ll transition to the normal routine on Monday. So let’s change the subject.
Caloric Restriction
This is a method for life extension that I have heard about for many years. I just ran across this article that talks about it, and we have discussed some of this in previous articles.
Caloric Restriction (CR) is defined in this article as a 10& to 30% reduction in consumed calories. In the Tim vs. Aging Project, I think I have likely reduced by 20%-30%, mostly in calories from sodas.
Some interesting tidbits from the article.
CR was shown to decrease the growth of tumors in mice (those brave mice again!). Some of them died having not suffered any symptoms of the tumors.
A monkey study extended the average lives of monkeys from 25 years to 32 years, with the health of the CR monkeys maintains at higher levels.
Benefits to humans? We have talked about them before and they are reiterated here. Lots of diseases you are less likely to get. This article is worth a read.
This is the reason I decided to include one day of fasting per week, to activate some of those reactions that provide benefits. Best I can tell these are real and moderately well studied results. Since it in part affects epigenetic age, I will have some real results when I get back the second set of epigenetic tests. I will let you know after the project is done.
Try it if you dare!
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 8 days – Choosing the Epigenetic Test
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 4 days – Stretching and Weightlifting
Tim vs Aging – Day 8 – Anyone want to knock 20 years off of their biological age?
Tim vs Aging – Day 11 – Some Baseline Data, and Maintaining Consistency
Tim vs Aging – Day 12 – Over the First Hump, plus Do Bodybuilders Die Sooner?
Tim vs Aging – Day 13 – Fasting Day, Ketosis Explained, plus What the Heck is a Niacin Flush?
Tim vs Aging – Day 17 – No Weight Soreness, Gotta Have Pudding! – Develop Your Support System
Tim vs Aging – Day 18 – Torture by Trisha, Support Systems (cont.)
Tim vs Aging – Day 19 – Fasting Day, and Bacteria to Lose Weight
Tim vs Aging – Day 20 – Torture, but not too bad – plus a Cult progeny that is Good For You!
Tim vs Aging – Day 21 – Travel Day Screws the Schedule. And I am Officially Young Again!!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 22 – Still Traveling. Let’s talk about ‘Caloric Restriction’
Tim vs Aging – Day 23 – Travel Second Day – Plus Transhumans and Cutting Edge Biotech
Tim vs Aging – Day 24 -Travel Third Day – plus Potential for Brain Cell Repair
Tim vs Aging – Day 25 – Homebound – Makeup for lost time – lost weight – Oysters!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 26 – MMA workout – plus Hair Color Restoration?
Tim vs Aging – Day 27 – A Bit Sore – plus Criticism of the Hyberbaric Chamber Strategy
Tim vs Aging – Day 28 – Fasting – plus Will Immortality Lead to Overpopulation?
Tim vs Aging – Day 29 – Fasting is easy – plus Why Don’t People Exercise???
Tim vs Aging – Day 31 – Minor Schedule Break – plus Extending Life with Stem Cells
Tim vs Aging – Day 30 – Half Way There! Some Subjective Results