Calorie Restriction with Optimum Nutrition
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BOWL AND DOILY SPIDER LIFE SPAN
Normal diet
average: 50 days
maximum: 100 days
Caloric restriction
average: 90 days;
maximum: 139 days
GUPPY LIFE SPAN
Normal diet
average: 33 months
maximum: 54 months
Caloric restriction
average: 46 months
maximum: 59 months
PROTOZOAN LIFE SPAN
Normal diet
average: 7 days;
maximum: 14 days
Caloric restriction
average: 13 days
maximum: 25 days
WHITE RAT LIFE SPAN
Normal diet
average: 23 months;
maximum: 33 months
Caloric restriction
average: 33 months
maximum: 47 months

Animal data sourced from San Diego Union-Tribune article

Calorie Restriction: References and Resources

WEB LINKS

BOOKS

MAGAZINES and NEWSLETTERS

Web site Links

Calorie Restriction Bible by WALFORD
Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital YearsBest Calorie Restriction Book for Beginner
Zone Meals in Seconds: 150 Fast and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Calorie Restriction

Lab Test

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

CRONie sites (personal sites created by individuals practicing CR)

Diet Plans

U.S Government links

Canadian Government Links

Non-Profit Organizations

Medical / Scientific Journals and Periodicals

Food and Supplement Safety

Internet and Mail-order Resources (food items, supplements, medical accessories)

Organic Foods

Paleolithic Nutrition

Science links

Misc. articles and links

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Books: Calorie Restriction, Aging and Diet

  1. Arking, Robert. Biology of Aging second edition. 1998. Sinauer Associates Inc. Sunderland Massachusetts USA. ISBN 0-87893-043-4
  2. Austad, Steven N. Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body's Journey Through Life. 1999 John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471296465
  3. de Grey, Aubrey D.N.J. The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging. 1999 Landes Bioscience; ISBN: 157059564X.
  4. Cordain, Loren. The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat. 2001. John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471413909.
  5. Erasmus, Udo. Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health . 1999 Alive Books. ISBN: 0920470386.
  6. Sears, Barry. The Anti-Aging Zone. 1999. HarperCollins. New York. ISBN 0-06-039243-6
  7. Sears, Barry.The Zone : Revolutionary Life Plan to Put Your Body in Total Balance for Permanent Weight Loss. 1995. HarperCollins. New York. ISBN 0-06-039150
  8. Sears, Barry. Mastering the Zone: The Next Step in Achieving SuperHealth and Permanent Fat Loss. 1997. HarperCollins. New York. ISBN 0-06-039190-1
  9. Sears, Barry. A Week in the Zone. 2000. Regan Books.ISBN: 006103083X [CRON-WEB Review]
  10. Simopoulos, Artemis P. The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete. 1999. HarperCollins. paperback: ISBN: 0060930233
  11. Walford, Roy. The Anti-Aging Plan: Strategies and Recipes for Extending Your Healthy Years 1995 Four Walls Eight Windows. ISBN: 1568580495
  12. Walford, Roy. Beyond the 120 Year Diet : How to Double Your Vital Years.2000. Four Wall Eight Windows press. New York. ISBN 1-56858-157-2.
  13. Weindruch, Richard. The Retardation of Aging and Disease by Dietary Restriction. 1988. C.C. Thomas Springfield IL.
  14. Willcox, Bradley J and Craig Willcox, Makoto Suzuki, D. Craig Willcox. The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--And How You Can Too. 2001 Crown Pub; ISBN: 0609607472
CRON-WEB BOOK REVIEWS:
Best for Beginners: A Week in the Zone by Barry Sears
Control Hunger via Psychology: The Solution by Laurel Mellin

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Magazines and Newsletters: Calorie Restriction, Diet, Health and Related Sciences

Specific Magazine Articles:

  1. Taubes, Gary. Discover. "Staying Alive." Feburary 2000. Vol. 21, No 2. Pages 56 -61.
  2. Various Authors. Scientific American Presents: The Quest to Beat Aging. Vol. 11, No. 2. Various pages.
  3. Weindruch, Richard. Scientific American. "Calorie Restriction and Aging." January 1996. Vol. 274, No. 1. Pages 46-52

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