CR Society International
Encyclopedia
The CR Society International (previously known as the CR Society or Calorie Restriction Society) is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization composed of several thousand people practicing, supporting, and conducting research into calorie restriction
as a means of slowing the aging process. It was founded in 1994 by Brian M. Delaney, Lisa Walford, and Roy Walford
, along with several others. The group sponsors conferences, funds anti-aging research, and offers practical guidance to its members. It is supported by membership fees and donations.
Members of the Calorie Restriction Society International practice calorie restriction in a variety of ways. Because many other aspects of lifestyle—exercise, food supplementation, composition of diet—affect the same physiological processes as calorie restriction, lifestyle decisions are likely to either enhance the effects of calorie restriction or work against it. Society members strongly feel the need for answers about the effects of lifestyle choices. The Society is currently raising funds for a study designed to establish whether Calorie Restriction has the same effects on humans that it does on the wide variety of laboratory animals that have been tested, and to use newly available analytical tools to begin to establish genetic and cell-signaling profiles of human calorie restrictors and possibly correlate these profiles to clinical markers that are commonly available.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
501(c)(3) organization composed of several thousand people practicing, supporting, and conducting research into calorie restriction
Calorie restriction
Caloric restriction , or calorie restriction, is a dietary regimen that restricts calorie intake, where the baseline for the restriction varies, usually being the previous, unrestricted, intake of the subjects...
as a means of slowing the aging process. It was founded in 1994 by Brian M. Delaney, Lisa Walford, and Roy Walford
Roy Walford
Roy Lee Walford, M. D. was a pioneer in the field of caloric restriction. He died at age 79 of respiratory failure as a complication of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
, along with several others. The group sponsors conferences, funds anti-aging research, and offers practical guidance to its members. It is supported by membership fees and donations.
Members of the Calorie Restriction Society International practice calorie restriction in a variety of ways. Because many other aspects of lifestyle—exercise, food supplementation, composition of diet—affect the same physiological processes as calorie restriction, lifestyle decisions are likely to either enhance the effects of calorie restriction or work against it. Society members strongly feel the need for answers about the effects of lifestyle choices. The Society is currently raising funds for a study designed to establish whether Calorie Restriction has the same effects on humans that it does on the wide variety of laboratory animals that have been tested, and to use newly available analytical tools to begin to establish genetic and cell-signaling profiles of human calorie restrictors and possibly correlate these profiles to clinical markers that are commonly available.
Further reading
- Lauth, Kimberly (October 21, 2009), "Calorie restriction: fountain of youth or dangerous diet?"
- Should you severely restrict calories? CNN Interview with Brian M. Delaney
- Seligman, Katherine (September 2, 2007) San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chroniclethumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
, "Iron Will: Can a diet of a quarter fewer calories than a body needs lead Boomers to that ever elusive fountain of youth?"