timtyler comments on Evidence against Calorie Restriction - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Vaniver 16 November 2011 06:08PM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 16 November 2011 08:50:50PM *  2 points [-]

The combination of the example you gave, CR, and the subtitle of the post you link to "The dangers of using one lab animal to study every disease." is 100% bullshit: CR has been studied in a huge number of animals, from worms to primates. I foolishly read a few paragraphs, and it sounds like Mark Mattson simply hasn't read the literature on CR.

Comment author: timtyler 17 November 2011 01:34:47AM 0 points [-]

Nope: "Mattson is among the leading researchers on the effects of calorie restriction and the brain." - source.