X-Message-Number: 10578 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:56:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: more on fitness versus fatness In Message #10566 Jan Coetzee <> wrote: >Ben, the truth of the matter is one can only increase the life span of >mice if one restrict them during development. The equivalent would be to >restrict the quantity (not quality) of food in a human for their first ~ >20 years of life. After the first 20 years it really does not matter. >Maybe you know of an experiment where they only used so to speak adult >mice to start with. This my opinion. > If there exists any data supporting an antiaging effect of caloric restriction in adult humans I'd like to see it. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10578