• SSUPII
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    9 months ago

    If eating makes people older I am ancient

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      9 months ago

      It’s the function of metabolism that makes us age, the process of living.

      So yes, processing food is a key part what uses us and makes us ahe. That doesn’t mean people should stop eating, which seems to be a hard concept to grasp.

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        9 months ago

        That doesn’t mean people should stop eating, which seems to be a hard concept to grasp.

        Damn, you should edit your original comment and put that in, I haven’t eaten for a whole 30 minutes now since I read your comment!

        This is really difficult to grasp, almost as difficult to grasp as the concept of a joke.

        Actually to be serious for a second, I thought restricting how much you ate was proven to slow aging but obviously not stopping eating entirely.

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          9 months ago

          Ha ha yeah, sometimes I misread the tongue in cheek for irony I guess :-)

          Intermittent fasting makes wonders for short lived animals, extending both their lifespan, but, also as important, their health span.

          In longer living animals, like humans, it can make a longer health span, mostly if you’re overweight or a couch potato. Maybe more, there are studies but they are hard to do and obviously takes a long time for long lived animals. It won’t affect a normal lifespan.