The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon

I want to live forever, or at least as long as humanly possible. Unfortunately, there are no wonder-drugs, RNA treatments, body-regeneration treatments, transplants, magicians, or apothecaries with the power to gift me that wish. The best science has come up with is the Calorie Restricted diet. In simple terms, you eat very, very little, and the calories you do consume are packed with as many nutrients, and as few bad things, as possible. No one knows how or why it works, just that it does. Given how much I freaking love food, I think this is too high a price for my own immortality; especially if it might only last until I’m a modest 120.

This article is an very well-written account of one man’s flirtation with a CR diet. I highly recommend checking it out.