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There exists an awe-inspiring group of people who, for all intents and purposes, have discovered the Fountain of Youth. They're called the Calorie Restriction Society (CRS), and they follow calorie restriction as a way of life.
Senior citizens swell the ranks of the CRS. There are several major characteristics, however, that distinguish a CRS senior from your average geezer on the street.
A typical elderly person has a customary bouquet of chronic illnesses, including arthritis, diabetes, and cardio-vascular disease. A typical CRSer, on the other hand, is unbelievably healthy. His or her biological markers are better than that of a typical young person.
What's more, a typical geezer looks like ... a geezer. The double burden of advanced years and multiple chronic diseases makes regular elderly people look decrepit and old. You see it in their every move, or rather, absence of them.
A typical CRS senior, however, looks young and fit, with a vibrant youthful gait and better posture than a person decades his junior. If it wasn't for the grey hair, he or she might easily be mistaken for a 30-year-old. And finally, the old geezers "grunt and sweat under a weary life" while the Calorie Restriction Society folks enjoy their lives to the fullest.
The CRS longevity recipe has been tested in many different species of animals, across multiple controlled scientific studies. When subjected to severe calorie restriction, worms were shown to live twice as long, flies 50% longer, while mice and rats added 40% to their lifespans.
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But forget the starving worms and rodents for a second. Macaca mulatta monkeys, whose average lifespan is 27 years and whose genome is 98.5% identical to the human genome, were shown to live 30% longer when on a highly calorie-restrictive diet. They were more active than their overeating counterparts, and they looked much younger, too.
The CRS writes books on calorie restriction, they give lectures at prestigious universities, they proselytize at every given opportunity. Yet the group remains very small, and, unfortunately, it will stay that way. According to some sources, there are anywhere from 500-2,000 members.
So the question begs to be asked: Why do so few people jump on the CRS bandwagon? Why do so few want to swim in this elixir of youth?
I'll provide the answer shortly. In the meantime, let me suggest some other unconventional ways of extending your time on this planet.
