Kinesiology 4474A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blood Sugar, Peritoneum, Glycogen
6 Mar 2018
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This is when you restrict the amount of calories you consume. Usually goes down to about 30% of what you normally eat. Some data shows it extends length of life in a variety of organisms ex) fruit flies, worms, rodents, even monkeys. Increases health benefits if you do cr everyday decreased bp, insulin, diabetes, ldl cholesterol, cad, cancer, body weight, body fat and muscle mass. It is extremely difficult to maintain so perhaps it is impractical. If is a variation of cr that is thought to be more practical. This is interesting because it is likely how our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate. A common internal is 8hrs eating and 16 hrs fasting but there are other variations. These graphs represent a study that was done in mice. Important to note that mice are nocturnal therefore they are awake during the dark cycle and asleep during the light. They are constantly grazing and even wake up to eat.
