gwern comments on If calorie restriction works in humans, should we have observed it already? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 25 April 2012 03:34:40PM 4 points [-]

I'm sure it's doable. That doesn't mean it's done. As I pointed out, on the occasions that I've read of historical monastic diets, especially Buddhist ones, they did not strike me as paying any attention to protein.