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A. J. Jacobs

I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, o

A. J. Jacobs

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The author experimented with two different diets: one focused on eating mostly meat, like ancient humans did, and the other involved eating so little that it almost felt like starving. He suggests that the second diet might extend life, but it’s not necessarily enjoyable or desirable to live that way.

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