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Article: The longevity diet: everyone knows that reducing calories can help you lose weight; members of the Calorie Restriction Society say it helps you live longer.(Healthy Appetites)(www.calorierestriction.org)
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- Natural Health
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- March 1, 2007
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iMAGINE ENJOYING as many years in retirement as you spent working. Think of all you'd be able to see if you could cruise around in a Winnebago well into your 120s. How about sticking around to celebrate the birth of your great-great-great-grandchild? For the approximately 1,700 members of the Calorie Restriction (CR) Society (www.calorierestriction.org)--a nonprofit group that promotes strict calorie control as a means to living longer--this postcentenarian life isn't just a dream, it's a goal.
Mary Robinson, a senior manager at a Virginia-based technology company, shares that goal. When she turned 47, Robinson decided it was time to make some changes. "I was having lots ...