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Oct 4Liked by Robyn Chuter

Oh Robin ,you are so good at what you reveal in your interesting and informative posts...this morning I was reading this post while enjoying my breakfast of fresh fruit,raw rolled oats,wheat germ,home made soy yogurt,Cinamon,nutmeg and freshly ground Flaxseed AND, outside listening to the cacophony of bird calls and bees in our garden set in the middle of 40 acres (we call it a "health,relaxation and wild life retreat set in a Flora and Fauna Paradise ") and none of that is exaggeration.

I'm 80 in a few weeks, ( biological age of about 50) NO animal products for the last 30 years, and had to visit my doctor for my annual fitness to drive test....he said " I could pass you based on your successful backwards somersault off the bridge but, technically I have to ask the questions on the official form".

Thanks Robyn,

Davo😊.

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Oct 5Liked by Robyn Chuter

Way to go, Davo, and soon to be happy birthday wishes!!

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Thanks Barbara,

Check out the mentioned bridge jump,you might get a laugh 🤣,only 2 minutes on YouTube.

@davidslater9297

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Oct 5Liked by Robyn Chuter

Can’t wait to see what you do on your 80th birthday—-that bridge somersault will be hard to top!! You’re a great advertisement for a plant-based diet!! 👏👏👍

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Hey Davo, you stole my breakfast!!!! I'll raise you one though: I put finely shredded home-grown baby kale and Asian greens in my morning oats. Sounds weird, but it actually tastes good, especially with some mango, and fresh mulberries off our tree which is groaning with fruit right now!

Are you going to upset your wife again this year by somersaulting off that bridge 😂?

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You're a legend! Happy birthday!

Totally agree with you are Robyn being so good at writing interesting and informative columns!

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Oct 5Liked by Robyn Chuter

Thanks KM,

certainly don't see myself as anywhere near a legend,just lucky to have stumbled on "my perfect diet" about 30 years ago.

Check out the said bridge jump on YouTube and only 2 minutes but,you might get a laugh 🤣.

@davidslater9297

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Oct 5Liked by Robyn Chuter

Fascinating as always Robyn! Thank you! Your hypothesis makes sense to me!

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Oct 7·edited Oct 7Author

It needs plenty more testing, but in the mean time, I'm sticking with the eating pattern that's kept me healthy for close to 40 years - plants, plants, and more plants!

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Great article Robin! You are a wealth of knowledge and you write in a way that educates and stimulates. Not sure I want to give up my animal based proteins but certainly gives me something to consider.

On the topic of protein, I hope you will write a piece about the need to consume more as we age to avoid sarcopenia. I have read the importance of leucine especially for peri and post menopausal women. I would love your take on this.

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I don't expect anyone to change their diet without persuasive evidence. I'll be watching the literature closely for evidence for or against my hypothesis, especially as the carnivore influencers age up.

Thanks for the great suggestion re sarcopenia. This has been a hobbyhorse of mine for many years, as I've urged (with varying degrees of success) middle-aged and older women to take up weight training.

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Oct 5Liked by Robyn Chuter

Forgot to say, I love that Christopher Gardner was reluctant to include epigenetic age measures because he did not believe that any marker of aging could change over such a short duration. It is indeed astonishing.

I remember seeing him in a podcast or interview or something, and he was asked why are there no studies comparing WFPB vs carnivore diet, i.e. one group of people on WFPB and the other group on carnivore? He response was that it would be unethical! (i.e. given the mountains of evidence that exists that the people on the carnivore diet would be harmed)

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I get what Gardner means about not wanting to harm people by randomising them to the carnivore diet, but there are plenty of people who've adopted it voluntarily, so I consider it perfectly ethical to study them. Obviously that's not a randomised controlled trial, but there's still scope for a cohort study.

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