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Marius · Post by **Marius** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:26 am

Hello everybody!
I've been reading ERE for over two years.
If all goes well, I'll get out of wage slavery in a couple of years and regain control of my life.
My only major problem will then be my limited remaining lifespan (probably less than 50%). While I won't have a job to take my mind off onrushing death, at least I won't have to sell my time anymore and I will try to hack my body and my life to get the most out of it.
Marius

Post by **jacob** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:30 am

Don't know how much you value food, but if you want to increase lifespan, caloric restriction, the Okinawan diet, and only eating every other day (works on lab rats), have shown to be life extending.
It's my hope that the warrior diet will have similar benefits as well.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:21 am

Thanks. Food is fuel. I like most healthy food, except natto.
Intermittent fasting sounds intriguing, but comments on Tim Ferriss' site casted doubts on the safety for humans (insulin resistance, blood pressure). C. Elegans have it easy!
Will check out the Warrior diet when I have time to optimize my diet. I hope it works!

JohnnyH · Post by **JohnnyH** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:47 am

Ferris is such a fraud, I wouldn't trust him on anything.
Our ancestors have been intermittently fasting since day 1. Nothing could be more healthy and natural. It certainly improves insulin sensitivity.
Insulin problems and inflammation seem to be present in all modern ailments. This is an excellent blog about diet and health: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

GuelphDC · Post by **GuelphDC** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:25 am

I have been following the "Primal Blueprint" for a couple of month - lost 20 lbs without trying - was 5'11" 185 lb, now just about cut. Don't get hungry as much and can go most of a day without eating due to minimal insulin spikes as I don't eat carbs other than what I get in fruit and vegetables.
- Not the cheapest way to eat, but can be done reasonably by buying meat in bulk (such as the half cow I bought).

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:40 pm

BTW, by intermittent fasting I meant this like alternate day fasting. I didn't realize the term was also used for intraday fasting.
Thanks for all the book & blog tips, I'm going to check them out.

il-besa · Post by **il-besa** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:44 pm

@JohnnyH,

why do you think that Ferris is a fraud?

I don't want to start a flame, I'm just curious to understand the reasons and if this is the common opinion

Thanks!

JohnnyH · Post by **JohnnyH** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:05 pm

@il-besa: Well, many of his Amazon reviews are fake. His claim to fame was winning a kickboxing tournament by fasting, then gorging and just pushing his opponents out of the ring.
Here he claims to have gained 34 lbs of muscle in 4 weeks, with 4 hours of working out.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/20 ... n-4-weeks/
He seems to be a good marketer, but I don't put a lot of trust in anything he might say or do.

Concojones · Post by **Concojones** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:40 am

The catch about the muscle gains was that Ferriss was rebuilding muscle and not building new muscle. People familiar with fitness know that's a huge difference, and omitting that info is very sly salesmanship, to say the least... Enough about Ferriss.

utility73 · Post by **utility73** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:25 pm

I don't have very good opinion of Tim Ferriss in general, but his new book "4-Hour Body" gets thumbs up from Chris Masterjohn -> http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/R ... -Body.html