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Why eating less slows ageing: this molecule is key
The subtitle:

> A naturally occurring compound involved in digestion lengthens lifespan in flies and makes old mice more youthful.

3 meals a day + snacks don't make sense for the body but good for business.
”Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”

— Advertising slogan, Kellogg’s 1917

That slogan is an oversimplification but if I eat a bowl of steel cut at 7am I won't snack or be hungry until 2pm or later. Whether or not I eat this will have a strong impact on my day. Sounds important IMO
  • herbst
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I won't snack or am hungry before 17:00, usually not before 20:00 except I do sports or something, then I may need a snack around 14:00.

If I do eat early my body takes hours to get to full energy again. It literally makes me tired.

My girlfriend doesn't work that way. And I have no idea why this works so well for me.

Steel Cut is non-whole oat cut in small bits for those wondering. I had to google, didn’t know if you were joking.
Waistline and GDP graphs growing together
Speaking of ageing, what happened with the research around this gene:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5403515/

A lot of extensive research was done by Dr. Valter Longo and his department on similar topics and has made its way into an easily digestible book called The Longevity Diet. It changed my perspective big time with food.

Highly recommend reading this book for folks that are interested in Longevity.

Dr. Longo has also done a few podcasts with Dr. Rhonda Patrick (who might be more known to the audience here) you can checkout

Thanks! I hadn't heard of The Longevity Diet. Here's a review: https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-longevity-diet-plan-overv...

A summary of the diet from the review:

The longevity diet resembles a modified vegan diet in which certain seafood and small amounts of meat and dairy are allowed. It is as much a lifestyle as an eating plan and can be followed for an indefinite amount of time. The guidelines include following a five-day fasting-mimicking diet periodically throughout the year.

> The guidelines include following a five-day fasting-mimicking diet periodically throughout the year.

Including real fasting in a diet beats any of those fad diets with fake fasting gimmicks.

What is "fasting-mimicking" and what are "fake fasting gimmicks"?
  • jilwoo
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Slowing aging is over rated. Ask a farmer or a gardener. Just when you think you have worked out how to keep things alive and looking healthy, the universe will throw things at you (from a very long ever growing list) that can change the story overnight.
nah I think we can solve it
The title implies this works for humans but the article says "There is no evidence yet that taking lithocholic acid would have the same effect in humans."
  • shrx
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The molecule, called lithocholic acid, is made by bacteria in the gut and aids the digestion of fats.
“Now, a team has found a molecule that could provide caloric restriction in a pill”… instead of just restricting calories
We need to have our cake and eat it too
in flies and mice