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Get Slim,
Live Longer,
Be Healthier
W
ant a slim, sculpted body and a longer life? There’s a tried and
true way to achieve both. Eating less ...a lot less. Decades
ago, researchers discovered that if you put laboratory animals
on a very low calorie diet—about one-third fewer calories
than normal—they can live up to two times longer than well-
fed animals. Not surprisingly, food-restricted animals retain
their sleek, youthful figures. What is truly amazing, however,
is that their bodies not only appear younger, but by every ob-
jective laboratory measure, they are younger. Levels of key
hormones that normally fluctuate with age, and other impor-
tant markers of aging remain remarkably stable. Nor do food-
restricted animals suffer as often from the chronic diseases
associated with “normal” aging, such as diabetes, heart dis-
ease, and cancer.
Slim for life. Healthy for life. A longer life in a “younger”
body. Despite these wonderful results, no one is seriously sug-
gesting that humans should follow such a punishing diet. Who
wants to starve? Who willingly can?
The fact is, you don’t have to starve to be in great shape or
to enjoy the prospect of a longer, disease-free life. Thanks to
the Rosedale Diet, you can have all the benefits of a strict, low