Tim Tyler wrote:

In sci.med.nutrition Ignoramus wrote or quoted:

I am aware that there is some scant evidence that living on
calorie restricted diet (1500 or so calories per day all
the time) also can help one live longer.

There's better evidence for that than for practically any
other intervention. Maybe more evidence for it than all
other interventions combined!

I think this conclusion will be reversed when researchers
realize that sarcopenia and osteopenia are much greater
threats to longevity in people over, say, 60 years of age than
bodymass per se. IOW, extrapolating animal models to humans
is not reasonable here.

It is most likely to affect longevity. The effects on QOL
vary.

http://calorierestriction.org/modules.php?
name=Sections&op=vi
ewarticle&artid=4

...explains what side effects can be part of the package.

Jesus! That list of horrors sure supports my case!

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-Wayne