Re: Attention: Okinawan experts

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From: " T. Francesca Skelton " <fskelton@...>

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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:58 PM

Subject: [ ] Attention: Okinawan experts

> Colella or any other Okinawan " experts " : In pictures I have seen of

> the Okinawans, they are not particularly skinny; is this or is this not

> true? I ask this question because I wonder about some of these guys who are

> 6 feet tall or more, and weigh 125 pounds or less. Now that we are hearing

> about osteo among the more severe CR practitioners, perhaps humans weren't

> meant to go to such extremes without suffering damage to the body or

> malnutrition? It reminds me of the stories of anorexic patients who are

> beset with health problems, osteoporosis a prominent problem among

> anorexics.

Hi Francesca,

I feel you are on the correct path. As we CRONies are rebels, maybe sometimes

we think less and less is better and

better. In my opinion, there is little point in taking CRONing to extremes such

as chasing flat post meal glucose

results, excessive micro fracture generation exercise in a catabolic body and

too low a body fat level.

The body needs to know that sometimes, there is excess energy available for

tissue repair & growth. We need carbs &

insulin to do that for us.

Greg