Both these men are 5. Has he been wasting his time? By. Nikki Murfitt for Mail. Online. Updated. 2. GMT, 1. 4 February 2. When The One Show's resident GP Michael Mosley hit 5. His grandfather had died of a heart attack when he was 6. Intermittent restricted. Hunger: Dr Michael Mosley and Dave Fisher, right, who has been on his diet for 2. Two key considerations were a restricted calorie diet and growth hormone injections - both of which have evidence of success under trials in the UK and in America. The general consensus is that within ten years we will be cracking the 1. First call for Michael was meeting 5. Calorie restriction confers. When the Children Crashed Dad The Calorie Restriction Diet. A calorie restricted diet comprises mainly of fruits. Bob Cavanaugh of the Calorie Restriction Society tells BBC News why he. Bob Cavanaugh has restricted his diet. I've been doing calorie. In addition to fat and calories, the Western diet is loaded with cholesterol, salt, and sugar. Calorie Restriction Diet A dietary intervention to increase. The mice on 40% calorie restricted diets grow to be adults which are approximately 51% of the size of. Professor whose BBC interview became an internet. The plan which restricts calories to between one third and a half of normal. Feeding mice the equivalent restricted diet elevated the number of. Dave Fisher from Bracknell, Berkshire, who for the past 2. Experts believe a calorie restricted (CR) diet is successful because it reduces free radicals - a natural by- product of the body turning food into energy which, in excess, can damage cellular molecules such as DNA resulting in premature ageing, heart disease and arthritis. Smoking, sunbathing, fried food, infections and stress produce excess free radicals. Signs of free radical damage are skin that is leathery, or wrinkled and sagging, and stiffness in the joints. Dave Fisher eats mainly salad and vegetables supplemented by small quantities of chicken, duck, venison and fish, giving him what doctors agree is the body of a 3. I'd eat and drink anything and everything. I'd suffered from migraines and suddenly they stopped. Then I read the 1. Year Diet Book by Ray Walford, the founding father of the CR diet, and I decided to cut my calories by 3. Fit: Michael, right, meets Dr Ron Livesey, who takes the human growth hormone. Dave, who now runs a care home recruitment agency, admits: 'I felt hungry for the first five years but I instantly had more energy and knew from the scientific evidence I'd gathered that I was doing something that could potentially prolong my life. I don't drink alcohol and stick to fizzy water and black tea. There are so many good foods and I enjoy my food more now than I ever did. What has kept me going is that I'm not prepared to have done this and then die young.' So far, based on evidence in animals that the diet increases their lifespan by 3. Dave has gained about seven extra years. While Michael, like most 5. Dave, who does little exercise, has six per cent, which puts him in the same category as a top athlete. They both underwent a series of biological tests. Comparing the two, Michael, a snacker who enjoys chocolate and a glass of wine, had average blood pressure for his age (1. Dave had the blood pressure of a 2. This was followed by a touch test indicating when you couldn't feel a vibrating box any more. Whenever the light went on we'd have to push a button. The same five lights had a varied sequence and we had to press the buttons in the same order they went on, testing our short- term memory. I was average for someone my age, but Dave had the reaction, hearing and memory of a 4. But the final crunch came when they visited Dr Jeya Prakash, a leading plastic surgeon. Produced by the pituitary gland, it helps maintain tissues and organs, build muscle mass and reduce fat, keep bones strong and enhance mood and mental ability. His blood pressure was similar to Dave's and an ultrasound revealed his arteries were clear of fat. All the basic tests indicate he has the body of a man possibly 2. Michael also injected HGH into his stomach daily for a month. I would have tried it a bit longer but my wife Clare didn't like the idea of it as there haven't been any proper clinical trials on it.' Michael wants to live longer than his father did, but asks: 'Do I want to live for ever? For my own part, if there is further research into human growth hormone then I may well revisit it, but for now I have changed my lifestyle. Statistically all of these things will increase my life, and while I may not have the body of Dave or Dr Livesey, I hope to make it to my 8. Can extreme calorie counting make you live longer? Media caption. Can eating less help you live longer? Bombarded with advertisements promising a longer, healthier life, the BBC's Los Angeles reporter Peter Bowes goes in search of eternal youth. At 6ft 1in (1. 8. Martin Knight weighs 1. Breakfast - the same every day - is a 1. He washes it down with green or white tea. Knight follows a calorie- restricted diet. He eats 1. 0 small meals a day and survives on about 1,9. Each meal is weighed to ensure that his daily intake is accurate. Adherents of this approach to health are known as Cronies - Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition - and Dr Janet Tomiyama, a psychologist at the University of California, is studying them. So if you are talking about cutting 5. They tend to be well- educated . They are mostly looking for good health and see a longer life, if it occurs, as a welcome by- product. The results of Tomiyama's study, exploring the psychological impact on the participants, are expected to be published later this year. Knight, 4. 9, joined the study two years ago. He had followed a vegetarian or vegan diet for much of his adult life but in the past few years has restricted his intake of calories. I think I would be miserable. For a treat, he will occasionally have an avocado sandwich. Knight says he follows his diet because it makes him happy. It fits in with a more healthy, slower- paced kind of lifestyle. Studies on people who restrict their intake of calories suggest that eating less reduces their IGF- 1 levels. This seems to switch them from . Dr Roy Walford, a professor of pathology at the UCLA School of Medicine, died in 2. Lou Gehrig's Disease, also known as Motor Neurone Disease. For much of his life he was a passionate believer in the power of eating less. He consumed a mere 1,6. What if we could stay young forever? What if everyone had a car? When I met him in 1. Santa Monica, he offered a pragmatic view of calorie restriction and its benefits.
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