Wednesday, October 04, 2006

2938 Calorie Restriction is . . . boring!

OK, so you live longer on a calorie restriction diet because it is better for your heart. Or does it just feel that way because it's no fun? Just eating half a hamburger and fewer French fries doesn't officially compute as "calorie restriction." Darn. You must be eating "nutrient dense." Garlic, lentils, chickpeas? Are you kidding me?

This may be artistic, but it is inaccurate. I don't think mushrooms or eggplant have any food value at all--but I suppose they take up space in your tummy.

Also, you should lose weight slowly. Losing quickly will actually shorten your life, not extend it.

Getting started with calorie restriction (very boring, and you probably already knew all this--I did).

This is the Journal of American College of Cardiology article (in common English) that I cited a few days ago.

"It may even be possible that eating a very low-calorie, nutrient dense diet reverses declines in diastolic function. People in the study averaged only six years on the diet, but their hearts looked 15 years younger." It probably felt like 15 years, too.

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