The Calorie Restriction Society
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What if the secret to living longer was simply… eating less? Nearly a century ago, researchers discovered that severely restricting calories could dramatically extend the lives of laboratory animals. Decades later, a small but devoted group of people decided they didn’t want to wait around to find out whether it worked in humans. What followed was one of the strangest chapters in the history of longevity science: a charismatic researcher, eight people sealed inside a dome, an online community devoted to eating as little as possible without becoming malnourished, and eventually a landmark human trial that put calorie restriction to the test. So join us, two registered dietitians, as we trace the rise of the Calorie Restriction Society, the science that inspired it, and discuss what happened when humans actually tried eating less in the hopes of living longer.
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Things we talked about and additional reading:
- 1935 McCay Study
- Roy Walford Study #1
- Roy Walford Study #2
- Roy Walford Study #3
- 120 Year Diet
- 1992 Biosphere Article
- Nutrition in The Biosphere
- Calorie Restriction Society Founding
- CALERIE Study
- Calorie Restriction Article #1
- Calorie Restriction Article #2
- Biosphere News Coverage
- Archived CR Society Website
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