We have lots of new members

[Guest guest]

has had 52 new members join in the last couple of

weeks and many of you in just the last two days.

Welcome to all of you-- I hope that you find the information

discussed here helpful.

You've received an administrative email discussing the rules of the

group and I want to reiterate a few of them.

1) Because of the size of the group (we have approximately 2500

members), we're trying to keep the " noise " down. Thus, instead of

answering the same questions every time a new member joins, we ask

that you read Roy Walford's " Beyond the 120 Year Diet " before posting

questions about calorie restriction.

2) Since it is likely that many of the questions you may have about

CR have already been discussed here, we have compiled a list of files

at the website that archive these topics. Scroll

down to the FILE INDEX to get an overview of what's in the file

folders. If after reading this, you still have a question, by all

means, ask it.

3) When you have read the book and our files, if you then want to post

new information, please post scientifically credible information.

Published scientific articles or abstracts are preferable. Do not

attempt to post information from a site that is promoting a particular

product or lifestyle.

4) When posting information, please include its source. It's

helpful to include a link (URL), too. If the link is long, you can

go to www.snipurl.com or www.tinyurl.com to create a shorter URL.

This prevents dead links in your post, caused when your URL gets

truncated when it's rolled over to the next line.

This is not a comprehensive list of our procedures and what we're

about. Please read the e-mails sent to you as a new member and read

all the files for all the information on how we run the group. We

think you'll find that putting forth that effort --and being part of

this group-- will be well worth it as your health improves because of

the valuable information we all learn here.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Diane