True caloric restriction in humans can cause significant psychological consequences, including social isolation and constant hunger. — Whalespan
True caloric restriction in humans can cause significant psychological consequences, including social isolation and constant hunger.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“certainly true caloric restriction has real psychological consequences and i and and and i really would be concerned um i have been concerned for some of the people i know who've done this uh if a lot of you know if we if we started trying to do this in in the general public right i mean there's there's social isolation that you get when you're calorically restricting but then there's you know the the biological changes in the brain and you're hungry all the time”