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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Videssian" data-source="post: 444998" data-attributes="member: 1990">Diet / Life ExtensionThere's also evidence to support that caloric intake about 30% below a person's set point, but with optimal nutritive content in the foods consumed, will delay aging and extend maximum lifespan.  This has been shown to hold for many organisms (up to and including dogs and cats), and the same biomarkers which have been observed in those organisms which show that aging is delayed have been/are being observed in primates including humans.  A good resource for this is Walford's book "Beyond the 120 year diet", and you could also check out <a href="http://www.walford.com" target="_blank">www.walford.com</a> or do a search for "caloric restriction" or the like in your favorite search engine, there's also been articles in various places like scientific american as well.  Interesting reading in any event.There's been some key points mentioned already that I really agree with.  The key to weight loss is to take in less calories that you use.  The tricky part is to do that in a way that you're inclined to maintain until you get to the weight you want.  Eating a diet high in complex carbs (especially green leafy veggies), largely cutting out the pop/chocolate/candy/mcdonalds/etc., low fat (and when you do, from good healthy sources), and in most cases, low protein, you can get what you need by-and-large from plant sources.  Fish and shellfish are a good source too, but with contamination (Mercury/PCB/Dioxin) being an issue there, that's a much poorer choice than it would have been 50 years ago.  Not to mention the environmental cost (massive worldwide overfishing).  Insects would be an excellent source of B12 and protein in general, and all our primate relatives eat them, but most north americans (myself included) find the idea of eating them (because of cultural reasons) rather revolting. I'm not necessarily saying that one should go to a vegan diet, but definitely something much closer to that than the "standard american diet" would be a good thing in my opinion.   Oh, and I agree that exercise is very important too. Not to extremes, but an hour a day is probably about right.. Can you tell I've been thinking about making changes in my own diet? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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