[ivanhoe]

Well, if he was a mouse you still would have those same questions in the air until you do the proper blood tests, right?

Of course this is a naive, over-simplified interpretation of science findings, but it doesn't mean the science it's inspired by is bad.

One thing that I couldn't find any research on is what are the effects of repeated fasting cycles (and that's how most of people do it now). Traditional fasting is something you do few times a year, and then you have a recovery period afterwards. Can't find that research now, but I remember reading a paper saying that it takes about 2 weeks of normal food intake to get back to the initial white blood cells counts. What happens if you don't let the body recover and instead create a new calorie deficit stress seems unclear?

[peteretep]

> Of course this is a naive, over-simplified interpretation of science findings, but it doesn't mean the science it's inspired by is bad.

I am complaining entirely and exclusively about the interpretation, I’m sure the science is fine.