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When it comes to living longer, scientists are discovering that less is more. By following Calorie Restriction, a revolutionary diet that provides the body with fewer calories than is traditionally required, people are getting dramatic benefits. Now, with The CR Way, you too can slow the aging process; protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes; and increase your energy and mental capabilities. And, if needed, you'll lose weight and keep it off.
Paul McGlothin and Meredith Averill, leaders of the Calorie Restriction Society, provide quick and easy menus and recipes so delicious that you will wonder why you ever wanted to eat more than you need. And for those who want some of the benefits without sacrificing all the calories, the authors will show you how to plan a diet that works for you. Groundbreaking and controversial, The CR Way is your key to a happier, healthier life.
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By Heavenly Roses (CA United States)
You just can't believe everything that appears today as "science". This is a grand work of epidemiological junk. I am an epidemiologist with 3 university degrees. I have also been an athlete all of my life, running in 12 marathons and nearly breaking 3 hours in the marathon. This is to ensure some reasonable measure of credibility for what I will be saying. The "CR" (calorie restriction) method is not based upon verifiable science, but is an experiment without adequate and convincing controls.
Recently (Chemical and Engineering News, August 3, 2009), published an article/study by these authors showing two 27-year old rhesus monkeys (Owen and Eeyore) -- one on the CR diet for 20 years (Eeyore... who is "pretty") and one on an unrestricted diet for 20 years (poor "Owen" who does not have the benefit of his comparator's "pretty" Western look). If you look at the two rhesus monkeys side-by-side, you can see that the monkey fed a calorie restricted (CR) diet appears physically "prettier" than the rhesus monkey fed an unrestricted diet. In fact the picture even states "which monkey looks older?" So what's to convince?? This is a bogus experiment! First of all, the two rhesus monkeys are living in an aberration of nature -- in confinement (prison) and under human control. Second of all - in spite of the difference in physical "beauty", both may be psychologically unhappy and an adequate measurement of their unhappiness and quite possibly neurosis and/or psychosis is not identified. They are both "prisoners of science" and captives of a poorly orchestrated food experiment administered under the guise of "science". Third, given the conditions of being caged, the monkey fed more food might be eating merely to compensate for his grossly unhappy conditions, and the poor "prettier" monkey who is fed the "restricted calorie" diet may be even more unhappy psychologically than the other monkey - this is not evaluated. Had they provided an equally aberrant condition for yet a third or fourth "control" monkey, they might have found that one preferred carrots and oranges over other calorie dense foods, and yet the other might have preferred a diet rich in heroine and/or cocaine to self-medicate throughout his miserable, caged existence. But we only have poor Owen and Eeyore as the sole victims of the "scientific" research. The minute they extracted these poor monkeys from their natural environment and fed or did not feed them "The CR Way" for 20 years, there was no adequate "control" in their experiment, least of all the "control" they considered poor Eeyore to be. Good epidemiological studies (that would provide the 80% power required for significant findings) usually require at least 10 subjects per each variable in the study. Placing monkeys in an artificial, captive environment is already one variable. Altering the diet is at least one (most likely more than one) variable, and quantity of diet is another variable. For a convincing, sound, viable epidemiological study one would need a bare minimum of 30 or 40 subjects, and these subjects should be humans, not monkeys, as the target is human health.
These monkeys may be the most miserable monkeys on planet Earth - but of course this is not the goal of the "experiment"... the goal of the experiment was to prove that caloric restriction has a rosier, physically prettier outcome. I have learned in my university education that a true scientific experiment asks a question and then seeks to find the answer. In this case, the researchers had a predisposed answer to their question - and they created the conditions that justified their preconceived answer: you will look beautiful if you live "The CR Way"! They neglect to tell you that you can look (and more importantly FEEL) good if you merely follow a lifestyle that you already know is true: (1) Get plenty of exercise every day; (2) eat a balanced diet that is not extreme and contains plenty of fruits and vegetables; (3) get lots of sleep each day (minimum of 7-8 hours if possible); (4) get regular checkups and preventive medical procedures; (5) increase joy and reduce stress with whatever activities of daily living help you (reading, writing, crafts, yes cooking, and taking wonderful care of your children and pets, etc.)
The point is: if BOTH monkeys lived a healthy, active life -- living in the wild with adequate exercise, healthy familial conditions and support, normal prey-predator conditions, and natural diet variations, they BOTH might look quite similar regardless of caloric intake! Their experiment creates artificial conditions that might make anybody look like a sad, homely, prematurely old, overweight monkey! The minute these "researchers" move the poor monkeys into the "scientific" prison in which they live, these researchers have ceased to create adequate controls for their aberrant diet experiments. I find this both unprofessional and epidemiologically disgusting in terms of study design and outcome -- really disgusting!
Sound epidemiological studies minimize the monochromatic nature of a narrow and limited study such as this one. What is typical of this "CR Way" is a complete lack of depth and understanding of the many intricacies, delicacies, and interconnectivity of human health. For instance, when humans or other mammals are stressed (again, experimentally or naturally) the immediate response is secretion of cortisol (our "fight or flight" stress hormone). An excess of cortisol production in our bodies suppresses our immune system by killing our T-cells. T-cells are also killed by anesthesia, chemotherapy, lack of adequate sleep, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), cortisone injections (which, I might add, is why athletes that use steroids are also at increased of cancer and/or infectious diseases) and other immune-suppressing infectious diseases and/or treatments. T-cells are necessary for killing virally infected cells and cancer cells in our bodies. If we are stressed (either acute or chronic, long-term stress) our T-cell population is therefore reduced, and in turn this puts us at a much greater risk of (1) infectious diseases and/or (2) cancers. The artificial stress of not eating after 1:00pm each day can create an unreasonable amount of continuing, chronic, and unresolved stress to any mammal, thus putting any human or other mammal at increased risk of infectious or chronic disease. Humans are not monkeys -- we are also complex, sensitive mammals that do not need to have more stress added to our busy and already overburdened lives by inducing an unnatural state of hunger each and every day of what should be a beautifully balanced and harmonious life. We cannot all live happily with such a rigid and sterile diet regimen - this creates yet another level of artificial stress that is just plain foolish and outrageous hogwash from authors that lust after a fountain of youth.
Also -- while much of the world is experiencing varying levels of hunger and/or malnutrition (some areas of our world are experiencing extreme hunger and premature death via malnutrition and starvation), I find this book a miserable example of western diet/weight/beauty overindulgence, physical appearance narcissism, and arrogance. Humans should be living their lives to the fullest and not practicing extremism in weight-loss and diet perversions. This book is a pathetic substitute for merely educating people about the basics of a healthy, long life (as above): (1) Get plenty of exercise every day; (2) eat a balanced diet that is not extreme and contains plenty of fruits and vegetables; (3) get lots of sleep each day (minimum of 7-8 hours if possible); (4) get regular checkups and preventive medical procedures; (5) increase joy and reduce stress with whatever activities of daily living help you (reading, writing, crafts, yes cooking, and taking wonderful care of your children and pets, etc.) These concepts date back to the days of Plato and Aristotle -- these concepts of how to live a healthy life are not new! Plato extolled the virtues of a balance in athleticism, physical activity, intellectual pursuits, and healthy wholesome diets. Many ancient cultures realized the important balance and harmony of all of these areas of life and to live a well-integrated life that is not extreme in any one area - thus a life that is not "out of balance" with oneself and our lovely natural world.
Unfortunately, these researchers are attempting to create scientific evidence where none truly exists - this book is a hoax written by affluent authors who have no clue what it is like to experience real hunger and/or starvation in life. Not eating after 1:00pm every day is ridiculous and stresses the body tremendously - I would not do this to anybody, man nor beast! The insulin response to food intake is one that is mediated over time and requires a careful, balanced, and consistent diet to maintain a healthy, consistent glucose vs. insulin level in the body. Hunger - contrived or natural - is not a nice thing to do to anybody - humans or other animals. When the body does not have an adequate source of glucose, your body will break down not only fat, but organs and muscle tissue to achieve its required goal of energy production. "The CR Way" should find its way to the nearest recycle bin (and please have a beautiful walk getting to the community recycle center so that it will be even more worth your while when you place "The CR Way" into the bin!) If you want to look and feel beautiful and live a long and happy life, keep up the exercise (as much as possible), sleep well, eat a balanced diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables and whole, unprocessed foods, get regular medical checkups and procedures, and enjoy spending time with your beautiful family and pets.
By Eric D. Goff (Austin, TX, USA)
The book seems to have a lot of good information if you can weed
out the unverified claims. Luckily the unverified claims are not
too preposterous.
By Antoni Nogues Fuguet (Barcelona)
I enjoy this book reading by its seriousnes and scientific approach in a so difficult and plenty of intrussion field.
What I find very hard is to get thorough a writing style full of expectations phrases about something very good that will be related later and never comes.
By Patti J. Hanlen (Seattle, WA USA)
Not very informative. this info can be gotten a lot of other places. It is just old info, repackaged.The CR Way: Using the Secrets of Calorie Restriction for a Longer, Healthier Life
By R. Winston (Las Vegas, NV)
I've not completed the book yet, but it is very well written and informative. It just makes sense!
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