It is only a hypothesis, but this is very interesting news! Alternate day calorie restriction prolongs life.
Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(2):209-11. Epub 2006 Mar 10.
The effect on health of alternate day calorie restriction: eating less and more than needed on alternate days prolongs life.
Johnson JB, Laub DR, John S. Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 2547A Lyon Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA. jim@jbjmd.com
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