This seems to contradict Faigin's thesis quite completely.

And as I said, how does catabolic metabolism connect with symptoms of
aging that may be outwardly similar?

--Richard

Todd Moody wrote:
> Richard Geller wrote:
>
>> Yet, people on CR seem to have their aging benchmarks slowed down.
>> Presumably they are in a catabolic state quite often?
>
>
>
> Yes, and animal studies indicate the same effect from infrequent feeding
> but with little or no CR; e.g., rats allowed to eat ad libitum every
> other day or once a day for a limited period of time.
>
> An interesting question is whether ketosis accelerates aging, however.
> I recall research indicating that ketosis produces substantial free
> radicals.  CR need not involve ketsosis much of the time.
>