Robert Cavanaugh

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Menghrajani, Kamal <km3637@cumc.columbia.edu> To: ManagingDirector@crsociety.org <managingdirector@crsociety.org> Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 11:28:26 PM EST Subject: Columbia Student Interview Request Hello, My name is Kamal Menghrajani and I am studying public health and journalism at Columbia university. I am currently taking a video journalism class and I would love to interview someone in the New York area who is doing caloric restriction for longevity. Would you be able to help me find someone in or around Manhattan who would be willing to speak with me? Thank you so much! Kamal

Haven't posted in the forums in a very long time, but thought this thread needed some stimulus. As some here know I am an elected county commissioner here in eastern North Carolina. I have 6 committee assignments with one of them being on the hospital board. This past Monday, the hospital administrator had all board members tested for the antivirus and we all had our test results back about two hours later. To my shock, I tested positive for the antivirus. Sometime during the past several weeks or months, I contracted the virus but I never had any symptoms at all. I am 72 years old, still run a one man landscape company in which I do all the work. I started CR when I was 53 in 2001. I keep my BMI around the upper limit of healthy (24-25) and I am very active as a result of my work. I should do some cardio work, but my GP said I was the healthiest 72 YO he has ever seen....and he has been practicing for 45 or more years. I have no health issues though my cholesterol tends toward the upper limit. Glad to see some of the old timers from our Yahoo days still chiming in. Bob Cavanaugh

A chickpea flour and onion powder sauce...sounds good enough but what food would you suggest for this sauce? Sounds most suited for a meat. Have you tried refridgerating this sauce for use as a possible salad dressing?

Were any dietary guidlines given at the outset of the study regarding a target macro-nutrient ratio since protein is the determinent for IGF-1 cascade? Also, the cortisol response seems predictable to me in that the body adapted to a new normal thus alleviating stress; plus, a 10% reduction in calories vs. AL does not seem that great of a stressor compared to what mice are subjected too.

There is a CR Recipe Forum for those who want to start sharing personal recipes with the group. Also, if you are a Supporting Member, you have access to the old CR Society Newsletters "CR Insider". I posted several recipes in the news letters. If you are following CR remember to periodically run your daily diet through some software to get a feel for how healthy your diet actually is. You may be surprised by nutrient deficiencies. A good free program many use in the Society is CRON-O-Meter. Google it for the free download. It was created by an CR enthusiast and Michael Rae has been a mojor contributor toward refinng the program over the years. The Society is soon to have a free APP available to paid members for Apple and Android portable devices. Bob Cavanaugh CR Society, Chair

There is an excellent article about oxalic acid in the diet along with a spreadsheet of oxalic acid content in vegetables in the CR Society Insider Newsletter for the second quarter 2005. Hint: be sure you have sufficient calcium and magnesium in your diet.