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Damn, you should edit your original comment and put that in, I haven't eaten for a whole 30 minutes now since I read your comment!
This is really difficult to grasp, almost as difficult to grasp as the concept of a joke.
Actually to be serious for a second, I thought restricting how much you ate was proven to slow aging but obviously not stopping eating entirely.
Ha ha yeah, sometimes I misread the tongue in cheek for irony I guess :-)
Intermittent fasting makes wonders for short lived animals, extending both their lifespan, but, also as important, their health span.
In longer living animals, like humans, it can make a longer health span, mostly if you're overweight or a couch potato. Maybe more, there are studies but they are hard to do and obviously takes a long time for long lived animals. It won't affect a normal lifespan.