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To Eat or not to Eat? ??獐嚗? ???脤???
As we all know, we must eat to stay alive.
Ironically, after reading the article about caloric 憭批振?賜????摰??脤?靘雁???賬?敺奐?箏嚗?摰?restriction in this issue, you will probably notice 隞???∟楝???嗥???敺??冽????唳??脤?憭??蔣??that how much we eat may affect how fast we ???漲??芰?葉嚗??隞亥?撖銝鈭??箸?隞?age. In nature, it is often observed that some 蝬剜????蝔?靘??澆雿嚗????香鈭⊥???雿??vital, fundamental processes (e.g. respiration) ?抬????冽??拐?閫撖?車???瞍???摨虫????典??are associated with aging and death, not only ?賡????摮???獐嚗?獐閬????見?g?隞乩??臭?鈭
in animals but also plants. From an evolutionary ?航??頞????嚗?point of view, you may have already heard
that, ?urvival of the fittest.??Then, why have we 1. 憒??頝舫?????撠?0%?臭誑撱園憯賢嚗?箇?暻潭憤??evolved in this way? Here are some questions ???風?脖?嚗?????嗆??誘??憌質雲????
for you to think about. ??甇a脤?嚗?
1. If cutting down caloric intake by 30% can 2. 憒????∟楝????瘝???嚗銝?游末???牧??
lengthen our lifespan, through the long 隞支??蝔桀?脣?銝?瑕?W?嚗? history of evolution, why don? we feel full
and stop eating at that ?ptimal??point? 3. ?箇?暻潸?瘝??冽?????鋡急?瘙堆??牧嚗??質◤瘛掠
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2. Isn? it better, or will a species be ?itter?? if
their caloric intake is independent of aging? ??閮?迭 餈?霈 ?? ??瘜??澈 ????Fa c e b o o k撠??? 憒??冽?瘜銝???憭批振?澈?店嚗漲甇?餈?駁??3. Why is aging not selected against during sciencefocus@ust.hk 蝯行??? evolution? Or can it be selected against?
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Print Advising ?啣隢株岷
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Special Thanks to ?孵??
Dr. Seung Woo Lee (Harvard Medical School)
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