The calorie restriction and longevity communities thank University of Wisconsin scientists for setting the record straight about calorie restriction. Their paper leaves no doubt that CR protects against disease and extends life: Caloric restriction reduces age-related and all-cause mortality in rhesus monkeys.*
Another extremely important finding that applies to millions of humans: Modest calorie restriction may be as effective as more serious limitation of calories.
CR Way practitioners, numbering in the thousands, confirm this finding: Many limit calories only moderately, yet, enjoy extraordinary health benefits. Some who follow the lifestyle have even set records as super-centenarians – such as the famed Jiroemon Kimura, who ate three small meals a day and is verified as the longest-lived man in history. Meanwhile, many LivingTheCRWay practitioners in their 70s and 80s live active, productive lifestyles, as if they were 15 to 20 years younger.
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*Colman, R. J. et al. Caloric restriction reduces age-related and all-cause mortality in rhesus monkeys. Nat. Commun. 5:3557 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4557 (2014).
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