Very interesting stuff, I've been reading about the benefits of calorie restriction for years but there was no way I was going to go with an ultra low calorie diet and expect to stick to it for the rest of my life. It wasn't until I came across Fast-5 that I thought I could do this. So far so good. What I find really annoying about the articles cited is this in the second one:
"Kapahi says the molecular mechanisms involved in how dietary
restriction slows cancer and extends lifespan have been largely
unknown. "This study gets us closer to understanding that process
and gives us better targets for both designing and testing drugs
which could mimic the effects of dietary restriction in humans,"
said Kapahi."
restriction slows cancer and extends lifespan have been largely
unknown. "This study gets us closer to understanding that process
and gives us better targets for both designing and testing drugs
which could mimic the effects of dietary restriction in humans,"
said Kapahi."
In my opinion a large part of the problem with obesity in America is an underlying delusion that science will figure out a way to "treat" it. Rather than "designing...drugs which could mimic the effects of dietary restriction in humans" why can't doctors simply talk to their patients about different ways to eat less? Introducing patients to concepts like Fast-5, other intermittent fasting programs, Dr. Walford's Longevity Diet and making a clear connection between the implementation of such an eating lifestyle and their health seems like a much better plan to me. Of course it would limit so much of the profit stream generated by overfeeding the population and then treating the myriad resultant ailments that it will never happen through the government, medical or corporate organizations. Can you imagine a significantly healthier population living an extra 20 years and not feeding the health care beast? Why....the nation would collapse!! ;-)
Seriously though, maybe getting the word out through PSAs? I'll tell you one way to "market" this in today's world....it COSTS significantly less. Not only the grocery bill but I now notice how often during the day while running errands I would stop in for a fancy beverage or a snack food or a little burrito or little burger, whatever it was. With that eliminated and the lower groceries I can see how it will really add up. I'm thinking of calculating (I'm a corporate financial controller so numbers are kinda my thing) what that kind of eating/snacking cost me on average per month as well as the grocery differential and putting that amount aside in a fund for some kind of a reward when I reach weight loss/health goals. Maybe a day at the spa when my blood pressure returns to low normal, or a trip to San Francisco (not too far from me) for healthy cholesterol numbers, etc.
Kim
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