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Welcome to the English language version of the CR Society's Longevity Wiki!! We are now ready to start developing our wiki! So have at it!

Note, if you want to get your hands dirty with technical matters to help get our wiki going, and don't yet know a lot about how the software works, please take a look at the Web pages listed in the Appendix, below. There is a lot of material at those links, but, if you are indeed interested in getting involved with the technical side of things, it might be worth learning about the software, since so many other wikis also use it. The User's Guide might be the best place to start if you're not familiar with wikis.

However, if your goal is simply to help add content, you can probably start now! Simple instructions for adding content will be added as soon as possible, but in the meantime, just click on, say, "recent changes" on the left, take a look at the few pages that already exist, click on "edit," and voilà, you're an editor of the CR Society Longevity Wiki! You can also search for a topic you're interested in editing. If it doesn't exist, you will get a message, with a hyperlink, saying you can "create the page" (i.e., create the entry for the topic for which you searched). Try it! In addition, if you see a red link below, that means that the page for that topic doesn't exist yet. You can click on the link, and start to create a page. It's fine just to write a short sentence and leave it to someone else to flesh it out.

"I don't see what I'm looking for in the Table of Contents. Help!" Type what you're looking for in the search box to the left, then click on "Search". If you get no results, try typing just one keyword.

Contents 1 Caveat 2 Background 3 Calorie Restriction 3.1 The Science of CR 3.1.1 Experimental Evidence 3.1.2 Counter Evidence 3.1.3 Theories of Aging 3.1.4 CR Research 3.2 The Practice of CR 3.2.1 Guidelines 3.2.2 Examples of Practitioner's Diets 3.2.3 Tips and Tricks 3.2.4 Success Indicators 3.2.5 Resources 3.3 Books about CR 3.4 Controversial Topics 3.5 CR and Resveratrol 4 Future Hopes for Life Extension Technology 4.1 Near Horizon 4.2 Far Horizon 5 Appendix 5.1 How to edit articles on this site 5.2 Information on MediaWiki (The Wiki software running this site)

Caveat

Wikis are group projects that can at times be difficult to control. The CR Society International welcomes the participation of anyone who thinks he or she has something to contribute! However, given that medical research, especially gerontological research, is in a state of flux, a collaborative, "all are invited" writing project dealing with longevity is likely to contain, at least at times, information with which many in the CR Society do not agree. Although members of the Society will be monitoring the wiki regularly, the Society's disclaimer applies to the wiki as much as it does to everything else on our Web site. Please take a moment to read it:

http://www.crsociety.org/Disclaimer

Background

• Motivations of people who want to extend their maximum lifespans

Calorie Restriction

The Science of CR

Experimental Evidence

• Animal Data
• Human Applicability

Counter Evidence

• Weather

Theories of Aging

• Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging
• Glycemic Theory of Aging
• Immunological Theory of Aging
• Disposable Soma Theory of Aging

CR Research

• History
• Current CR Research
• Future CR Research directions

The Practice of CR

Guidelines

• Basic Principles
• Getting Started
• Nutrition
• Expected Benefits
• Side Effects and Risks
• CR-Friendly Physicians
• Isn't being too thin bad?

Examples of Practitioner's Diets

• Brian Delaney's Diet
• Lisa Walford's Diet
• Paul McGlothin's Diet
• Dean Pomerleau's Diet
• Michael Rae's Diet
• Matthew Lake's Diet
• Bob Cavanaugh's Diet
• DPB's Diet
• Linda's Diet
• Axel's Diet

Tips and Tricks

• What to Eat
• How to Eat
• Food Preparation
• Lifestyle
• Dealing with Hunger
• Dealing with Social Issues
• "Controversial" Foods and Nutrients

Success Indicators

• CR biomarkers
• Weight Change
• Blood Tests
• Non-Blood Tests
• Biomarkers of Aging

Resources

• Recipes

• Conferences

• Local groups

Books about CR

• The Anti-Aging Plan
• Beyond The 120 Year Diet
• The Longevity Diet
• More Books

Controversial Topics

• What is the difference between CR and anorexia?

CR and Resveratrol

Resveratrol reportedly can cause changes in the body's metablosim that mimic the effects of a Calorie Restricted Diet.

• Definition
• Recent News

Future Hopes for Life Extension Technology

Near Horizon

• SIRT1 and homologs
• The Insulin-IGF-1 pathway
• Resveratrol
• Metformin

Far Horizon

• SENS

Appendix

• Calorie Restriction Calculator
• CRON-O-Meter Free Java open source diet planner that works on Windows or Macintosh computers.
• Random notes (to be properly lodged in hierarchy later)

How to edit articles on this site

• Guidelines
• Quickstart
• Take a look at Change to GFDL

Information on MediaWiki (The Wiki software running this site)

• User's Guide
• Configuration settings list (Only administrators can change these settings.)
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list