(08-06-2017, 02:29 PM)Nía Wrote: There's a number of 'debunking' videos about Nun Amen-Ra (or his diet) on YouTube, but they don't seem too substantiated to me, without having gone into details - one serious problem seems to be, however - or so I have been told by someone who knows a bit more about these kind of specific 'diets' than me - that his suggested caloric intake is much too low at 1.250 cal/day.
I can tell you that calorie restriction is one of the few (or possibly the only) laboratory-proven ways to significantly extend life. Aubrey de Grey has pioneered this work. Here he is in a TedTalk: