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On food availability: many animals, such as mice and dogs, are less able to restrain their own diet and will overeat if allowed to do so. This would lead to the control group overeating, not eating only the number of calories they need, and increasing their chance of obesity-related death. I think a better study might have given the control group the expected number of calories they would require, then significantly restricted the test group.

This study also did not support that calorie restriction increases lifespan, like you do. No study has been able to do that yet. All the studies have been able to do is show that laboratory animals can live longer with a restricted calorie diet. There are many variables controlled for in those studies which are not controlled for in the general human population.

Do you get more exercise than simply sitting in your bedroom all day? If so you do not match the studies. Do you interact with people outside your home or do people ever come into your home? If so you do not match the studies. Were you bred for laboratory study? If not you do not match the studies.

No one has show that calorie restrictive diets have worked in humans yet. Evidence is the best studies, like this one, have not been able to show a statistically significant difference in life span.



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