Re: specific amino acid restriction does the same thing as calorie restriction?

From: I William Wiser (will@wiserlife.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 12:41:01 MDT

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    For what it's worth Caloric restriction never adversly affected my libido.
    Increased it quite a bit a first but did not lessen it even at my lowest
    weight
    (Which I am guessing was about 15% below my setpoint and maintained for
    a few years). Caloric restriction did seem to affect my immune system at
    about 17% below my setpoint. I would not restrict myself that much again
    without much better data. Last time I looked at the data animal models had
    lower immune activity but not more illnesses. I think if CR makes someone
    feel bad they have taken it to far or are doing it wrong, given our current
    level
    of knowledge. CR mice are healthy, robust and active. They look good.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Lee Daniel Crocker" <lee@piclab.com>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 8:20 AM
    Subject: Re: specific amino acid restriction does the same thing as calorie
    restriction?

    > > > Cutting back farther and farther will slow your aging rate more and
    > > > more (to a limit) but also comes with reduced libido,
    > >
    > > So? -- thats what viagra is for.
    >
    > Actually, no. Viagra does not affect libido in any way--it just
    > makes the plumbing work if you do get the urge.
    >
    > --
    > Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
    > "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
    > are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
    > for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC



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