(not) monkey business
Sandeep Sood - November 01, 2006
Meet Matthias. He's a 28 year old monkey (old for a monkey of his kind). Like many old men, he's sluggish, irritable, and slow to respond.
His buddy Rudy, however, is a different story altogether:
Rudy is the picture of monkey vitality, although he is slightly older. Thin and feisty, Rudy stops grooming his smooth coat just long enough to pirouette toward a proffered piece of fruit.
The difference between monkey 1 and monkey 2? Quantity of food.
Rudy eats 30% less than Matthias. Tell that to your momma the next time she makes you finish everything on your plate. The case for eating less seems to be building:
This approach, called calorie restriction, involves eating about 30 percent fewer calories than normal while still getting adequate amounts of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Aside from direct genetic manipulation, calorie restriction is the only strategy known to extend life consistently in a variety of animal species.
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Posted by Sandeep Sood at November 1, 2006 09:12 PM
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November 2, 2006 04:01 AM
I read that article too. Obviously it is a direct consequence of not overburdening our body with undue and unneeded work that taxes it more than the food it is processing gives to it . . .
I really need to find my place in the world and quit drinking . . .
Peace
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अग्नि commented on (not) monkey business
I read that article too. Obviously it is a dire
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Keith commented on (not) monkey business
For those of you who want to know what I look l
For those of you who want to know what I look like
when I get up in the morning...
Unshaven, before coffee, I see that SOMEONE has
eaten my very last banana causing me to become
irritable at the breakfast table!
.
In "The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East",
(you know...those volumes which David speaks of so fondly),
The Masters are said to be able to "get by" on
3 grains of rice a day, and they chew, chew, chew
each grain for hours at a time.
Why can't they teach this to the poor and starving
around the world? Because they lack the faith?
Who needs food when you can sustain yourself with prana?
And would I trade my banana for prana or mana?
Lordy, Lordy...please send us a showering sample
of the snow flakes.
If you please, make sure I get the crunchy kind.
Oh, yeah...any surprises at the bottom of the
box-less Cereal Of Life?
Don't tell me they're Yama's toys!??