Study: Low-Calorie Diet Can Extend Life
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../diet_and_life


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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Can Extend Life
 

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:42:25 GMT, "motu" wrote:
If they are too weak to f#%*ing reproduce, what's so wonderful about that?

It surely obviates worry that one will produce vulgar offspring.


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"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than
to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
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People are, of course, welcome to place whatever irrelevant
limitations on their ability to enjoy something that they wish.

Study: Low-Calorie Diet Can Extend Life
 

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:42:25 GMT, "motu" wrote:


"bicker 2003" 1NVAL1D wrote in message
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...=8&u=/ap/20030
920/ap_on_he_me/diet_and_life

Yeah, flies and animals on restricted diets tend to stop ovulating and stop
reproducing and they get to live longer.

If they are too weak to f#%*ing reproduce, what's so wonderful about that?
Sheesh.


I read an article about this the other day that concluded with a line
something like, "Is life really longer on this diet, or does it just
feel that way?" That about sums it up for me!

Chris

Study: Low-Calorie Diet Can Extend Life
 

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:42:25 GMT, "motu" wrote:


"bicker 2003" 1NVAL1D wrote in message
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...=8&u=/ap/20030
920/ap_on_he_me/diet_and_life

Yeah, flies and animals on restricted diets tend to stop ovulating and stop
reproducing and they get to live longer.

If they are too weak to f#%*ing reproduce, what's so wonderful about that?
Sheesh.

That reminds me of my friend Homer. He was 6 foot 6 inches tall and
weighed 498 pounds. He was a very large boned man. His appearance was
like that of a large outlaw biker dude. He was too big but not a
sloppy fat guy.

One morning he went to urinate and he passed pure blood. He asked me
to drive him to his doctors office. It was about twenty-five miles
from where we lived. We were about half way when he asked me to pull
over to the side of the road (country road, no houses in sight) as he
had to pass water again.

When he urninated he again passed pure blood which I saw on the gound.

The doctor told him he had to lose the extra weight. He put him on a
special diet and within a year he had lost three hundred pounds.

After that he began to put the weight back on. I saw him in town one
afternoon and we sat down on a bench and talked. I asked him why he
was gaining his weight back.

He told me. "I have always enjoyed my food. I miss eating the things I
really like. I would rather die younger than live without the food I
really enjoy"..

Home passed away about two weeks ago. He was 64 years old.

I guess in anything one has to decide on which side of the coin they
are going to look at. If one values sex or food more than a healthier
and maybe longer life then I have to respect that decision. I did not
feel as bad about Homers passing as I might have if I had not talked
to him about his weight gain.

Some people climb mountains and put their life in danger. Others drive
race cars. Etc.

Monte