Posts by carmen_waz

Name six (30min) sit-coms that you loved as a child:

1. Rugrats
2. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
3. Full house
4. The adventures of Pete and Pete
5. Hey Dude
6. The wonder years

Name six (30min) sit-coms that you love(d) as an adult:

1. Seinfield
2. That 70's Show
3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
4. The Office
5. Entourage
6. My name is Earl

Name six (1 hr) shows on cable, HBO, showtime, etc.

1. True blood
2. Veronica Mars
3. Dexter
4. Big love
5. 6 feet under
6. The sopranos

Name six reality shows that you like - no matter how embarrassing!ha

1. America's next top model
2. Amazing race
3. True life
4. How do I look
5. Bridezillas
6. Intervention

Name six shows that you dislike:

1. Survivor
2. Private Practice
3. Deal or no deal
4. Dexter
5. Csi NY
6. Anything with that Newyork girl

Name six shows that you've never seen but would like to:

1. Burn notice

I'm drinking before 5 on a weekday, and I like it!

Just in case I need to run to Canada in January.... What is a splif?

Hmm I see where your coming from but all those things work together to lower the life span, and if you read the article there is something about getting the optimal nutrition for what you are eating which is not what the poor people in 1800's NY did. I would love to see actual numbers for what you are saying. Very interesting.

Might I also add again that 1200 cal which is 20% (which it states 20-30% in the msn article) less of my maintenance for me is not starvation nor is it going to kill me. It is a normal diet plan. Now the people who do 30-40% are actually eating way less then they are supposed to but that's an extreme and I wish you guys didn't automatically think "anorexic" that's not really what it was about. Just the fact that there might be a way that people could live for that long is really cool. Even if you don't want to do it, appreciate the studies on it. One day your grandchildren might live to be 130 and it would be normal because of the drugs they are developing to act like an restrictive cal diet. 

Original Post by melkor:" You know, back in the old days of the 19th century (1801-1900), average lifespan was something like half of what it is now, and the average diet was something like - oh, about the same level of calorie intake as a CR diet would imply."

 

Umm they also didn't have health care like it is now or running water and toilets, vaccines all the  things we have these days.

Well the concept is the same but I'm not sure about the specific details. Which is why I'm asking. Some say to raise your cal intake and then lower it below a baseline intake you eat most days on a cycle. Others say to eat your base line and just raise your intake for 2 days a week, no lowering it below the base line. And these are done on a 4 week cycle, I want to know why you need to quit doing it for 2 weeks between too. I'm wondering if both methods are effective and how well it works. I do not really want to lower my baseline because it is very low already but if adding a few calories 2 times a week will keep my body burning more efficiently I am going to try it.

Iceberg lettuce has very little nutritional value to you so its good you decided to give spinach a try if you are trying to get nutrition out of your meal. It is high in vitamin A and vitamin C. But I really enjoy a good mix salad with spinach and romaine and that purple lettuce that has little jagged leaves I don't know whats it called and dandelion leaves. I hope everyone uses oil and vinegar (not store bought in a bottle) it's probably the best thing to put on your salad. And a good investment for salad lovers is a bottle for mixing your own salad dressings. It has the recipes right on the bottle you just fill and shake and you can tweak the recipes for your own tastes and diet.

Good luck everyone!