Re: [fast5] Why eating less on Fast 5 is easier

Heather Twist wrote: "how much work is it to do calorie restriction
WITHOUT Fast-5? There is a neat article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11Calories-t.html?pagewanted=5&_r=2&hpw"

I had a look at that article and Fontana, the guy running the experiment
is an idiot!

Speaking about the people taking part in calorie restriction he stated:

"In terms of cardiovascular diseases — the No. 1 cause of death; 4 out
of 10 people die of it in the U.S. and Europe — we know that they will
not die of cardiovascular death,"

This is the most stupid thing to say. It is impossible to predict that a
whole group of people "will not die of cardiovascular death" just
because they have "cholesterol around 160, blood pressure around 100
over 60, high HDL, low triglycerides and very low levels of inflammation
". He stated again: "So these people won't develop these diseases." Well
not only can he not guarantee that, but what about the elephant in the
room? What, exactly, ARE his guinea pigs going to die from? Low
cholesterol is associated with cancer. So even if what he claims is in
fact true, he is saving them from a quick death but giving them a long,
slow, drawn-out, painful death.

He also claimed that calorie restriction is "basically cleaning out the
arteries".

The man is a fool!

The point of the experiment is to see if calorie restriction will make
people live longer, or not. The subjects are restricting calories, yes,
but they are also accidentally restricting carbs when they give up cakes
and pastries etc. So they are reducing their insulin levels generally.
So when they announce triumphantly at the end that "calorie restriction
will indeed make people live longer", how can they say that it wasn't
the reduction in INSULIN levels that made them live longer?

So, a very unsatisfactory experiment in which the outcome is foggy and
blurred.

Helena

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