[winternewt]

My layman observation from tons of pop sci consumption is that the rate of metabolism seems to correlate greatly with life expectancy. Running at 100% all the time would likely wear the system out much sooner, e.g. due to higher oxidation and increased cancer risk.

[IAmBroom]

Even if you are correct, the article discusses more efficient thinking as a goal.

If you have to floor the gas to make it out of your driveway, versus owning a well-tuned highly efficient modern car, those are two very different sorts of "metabolism".

[edwinjm]

Let’s wait for proper research. One mans observation is just that.