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From a much broader, evolutionary or theory-of-life perspective.. eating less would a be a step backwards, towards eating nothing - not existing, or pure entropic. Every advance in the development of life is a fight against entropic death- as organisms move farther and farther from this, there will be increasing forces of nature fighting in the opposite direction - that is a sign you are moving in the RIGHT direction.

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In mammals at least, smaller organisms have higher metabolic rate. But getting smaller is also developing towards "not existing" :)

Good point. I was struggling with the idea that lower metabolism might mean higher efficiency (like when we started cooking food). And being Paleo/carb restricting could be seen as a step back too!

Maybe we should continue eating processed, insulin spiking, gut destroying foods and see how our body adapts next? (That's not sarcastic, just a proposal) How is our body adapting currently? (Diabetes is not an adaptation)

My take is that lower metabolism is just a lower ‘power saver’ mode for the body, and, like a computer, results in slower ‘processing ‘

Being sedentary leads to a host of maladies, while constantly doing bootcamps, overtraining, pro sports or cross-continental marathons causes enormous oxidative stress, tissue damage and more risks of premature wear, cancer and aging... so there's a happy medium for a healthy, good quality of and longer life.

Also, between catabolic processes that destroy the body to keep it going and binge eating, there's a happy amount of fasting and cutting calories to a sustainable amount... lipogenesis, ULDLs, and VLDLs generally aren't good.

Please cite your evidence that constantly doing boot camps increases cancer risk.

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