Old But Relatively Balanced Article on Practicing CR

[Dean Pomerleau]

Here is an old (circa 2001), but IMO relatively fair characterization of some of the benefits and pitfalls (particularly psychologically) of long-term CR. We do tend to be a bit of an obsessive bunch.  :)

 

The author's brief practice of CR was clearly much too short and extreme to be healthy (or representative), but overall she does a pretty good (and entertaining) job of describing what it can be like for some people:

 

http://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/1101web/eat.html

 

P.S. I wonder how Sherm and Warren are doing? Anyone know? I miss them!

 

--Dean

[Saul]

Hi Dean!

 

Thanks for your prolific posting!

 

I was in touch with Warren in late August -- he seemed all right; but I guess that he hasn't adjusted to the switch from the List to the Forums.

 

I had an email from Mike Sherman several years ago -- he had managed to purchase a large amount of sucralose, and offered to share some of it.  I thanked him, but emailed back that I had more than enough sucralose and neotame,  (Actually, that's another story -- I've stopped using any sweeteners in my Chinese white tea which I brew every morning -- I find the tea tastes best with no sweetening; and similarly for the small amount of coffee that I drink when at work (in the Math Dept of the Univ of Rochester).  The only thing that I sweeten now is the rare cup of cocoa that I drink -- with a small amount of Neotame.  The only naturally sweet thing that I add is the new all-natural Walden Farms salad dressings -- they're now sweetened with monk fruit juice, which I find tasty.  Also, I rarely eat a fresh fig or apricot; or a few berries).

 

Warren and Khurram share an appartment -- we sometimes get posts from Khurram; if he reads this, he mioght tell us some more about Warren.

 

 

 

  -- Saul 

[Dean Pomerleau]

Thanks for the update Saul. Its good to hear that Warren, Sherm and Kurram are continuing to do well.

 

--Dean