I read both the NY Post and the Scientific America articles on CR. I am not going to debate the science as I am not a scientist. What has me concerned is that to pull off CR as a life style it has to be an all consuming focus in your life. Your fighting your own biology by being in a constant state of denial toward your hunger. I am not willing to allow that to happen to my life personally.
In order to get healthy I have been forced to change habits and as a consequence some of the friendships associated with those habits have suffered. Namely the guys I went to
Famous Dave's with a couple times a week. Or the group I went to the bars with. Doesn't matter how much you dance when your throwing back a dozen
Jim Beam Sours and possibly get tempted into an after bar snack. Do I miss those people? Sure, and I occasionally still go out. Just not weekly. Do I miss fatty pork ribs? Every once in a while. What impressed me is that the people that care the most about me have been encouraging and supportive. So for me not only am I becoming physically healthy, but my friendships are being affected as well. Showing who really cares and those that really don't. So back to CR ...
If a person looks at CR and makes an informed decision to pursue it I applaud their resolve. But for me personally it would effect my quality of life in such a way that it would literally need to be all consuming in order for it to stick. I am not willing to trade a bountiful life for a longer life.
That is a part of my personality as well, I recognize that. For me I would rather go out with a blaze than fade away. Of course I am still young and mortality is just something to think about when there is time.
