tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893545385059609832.post7705090970509951317..comments2023-02-11T02:56:55.342-08:00Comments on The Tao of Health: Calorie RestrictionEd Bremson, MFAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18417014869159980812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893545385059609832.post-34443645501299836952007-04-10T07:08:00.000-07:002007-04-10T07:08:00.000-07:00Raggedy, Thank you for the kind comments. Best wis...Raggedy, Thank you for the kind comments. Best wishes also to you and to yours.<BR/>EdEd Bremson, MFAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417014869159980812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893545385059609832.post-81215318176390199212007-04-09T09:29:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:29:00.000-07:00Fantastic post and links!Again, I appreciate your ...Fantastic post and links!<BR/>Again, I appreciate your hard research in bringing this information to us.<BR/>We appreciate you more than I can express.<BR/>I am very proud of all you have accomplished with your health as well.<BR/>It helps that you are a few steps ahead of us and leading the way so that we can become healthier too!<BR/><BR/>I hope you had a wonderful Easter!<BR/>Huggles and Love from our home to yours.<BR/>RaggedyRaggedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264017362399728551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893545385059609832.post-25215994459103040392007-04-06T15:12:00.000-07:002007-04-06T15:12:00.000-07:00Lynne, Thanks for your comment, although I am not ...Lynne, Thanks for your comment, although I am not sure I understand it completely. Usually when people talk about calorie restriction, they are not talking about obesity, or even being overweight, but are referring to attempts by some in the scientific community to figure out how to make people live longer and halt some of the ravages of aging by using calorie restriction. I realize that having obese people lose weight would help them live longer and avoid some of the ravages of aging, but when scientists do experiments with calorie restriction, I don’t think they are doing them on overweight insects, animals, or people. They are basically just trying to find out what would happen if a person restricted his or her calories. Would the person live to a hundred? Would he get Alzheimer’s disease? I think there is a distinction here, although it may be subtle. I do, however, try to avoid talking about calorie restriction in the context of obesity, partly because they really don’t belong in the same context, and partly because when people search for articles about calorie restriction they don’t expect to find articles on obesity or weight loss.<BR/><BR/>I don’t mean to be picky here, or a jerk,and I know obesity is your field, and I fully believe it is an epidemic that is avoidable, particularly if as much money was spent promoting a healthy lifestyle as is spent promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. I thought Marion Nestle’s book Food Politics addressed some of those issues well.Ed Bremson, MFAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417014869159980812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893545385059609832.post-4625987636539593272007-04-06T10:56:00.000-07:002007-04-06T10:56:00.000-07:00Ed,I believe the articles talking about calorie re...Ed,<BR/>I believe the articles talking about calorie restriction are designed for those that are overweight. From your picture, you do not appear to fit that category! I love you comments and will be back to visit your site!<BR/><BR/>We do know that obesity is the cause of 20 percent of cancer deaths in women and 14 percent in men. Currently, 78 percent of men aged 40 to 59 in the U.S. are overweight or obese. Restricting calories is interesting in light of the increase in our daily intake over the past 30 years. The average American women is consuming 335 calories more per day than she did 30 years ago. Considering that 100 extra calories per day translates into roughly 10 pounds per year, this is alarming.<BR/><BR/>With obesity increasing and tobacco use declining, obesity may soon overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of cancer. Something that makes me open my eyes as well! Thanks! I will be back!<BR/><BR/>Lynne Eldridge M.D.<BR/>Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time, Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer"<BR/>http://www.avoidcancernow.comLynne Eldridge M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05592307598309502307noreply@blogger.com