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Caloric Restriction
(redirected from Semistarvation)

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Caloric Restriction
The deliberate consumption of less calories than recommended by standard nutritional dogma which, for a 70 kg male, is 2,500/day
caloric restriction
The deliberate ↓ in caloric intake to levels up to 30% below a 'usual' diet See Diet, Methuselah factor. Cf Protein restriction.
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quot;Some day, I hope we''ll look back on semistarvation diets the way we currently view such archaic practices as bleeding and purging," says C.
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Irritability, anxiety, depression, and other disturbing emotional reactions can result from the semistarvation associated with dieting (Keys, Biozek, Herschel, Michelson, & Taylor, 1950, Ross, 1994, Stunkard & Rush, 1974).
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