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Summary: Walford died of ALS
Comment: Actually, in spite of his plan to live to 120, Walford died of ALS, or Lou Gherigs disease, a genetic neuromuscular disease. No diet can counter that! But this does not discredit him at all. And no one can predict or guarantee longevity, but only attempt to maximize health and longevity. Caloric restriction does just that.
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Summary: In answer to the slanderous reviews on this page.
Comment: I researched information on Roy Walford's health condition and found that in fact, his inability to walk and speak is not due to his diet but to an experiment in which he took part. The February 2000 edition of Discover magazine sites the following quote as the source of Walfords illness:
"A chronic nerve disorder--which he picked up nearly 10 years ago as a volunteer guinea pig in a surreal ecosystem experiment".Plus I was unable to find anything as reference below regarding an article published by AARP.
Please check, and double check, your facts before decrying another person's efforts to find viable health alternatives.
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Summary: Walford is Dying! -- New York Times 11/23/03
Comment: In case you are about to buy Walford's book and practice Caloric Restriction as preached by him, consider today's (Nov. 32, 2003) New York Times article by David Hochman which reveals that Walford is dying. According to Times story, "By almost anyone's standards, Dr. Roy L. Walford is an old man. At 79, he is confined to an electric wheelchair and his voice is so weak, he speaks into a microphone wired to a small tabletop amplifier...Dr. Walford...is..dying..."
If you really want to retard aging and extend your lifespan, why model yourself on a failed anti-aging guru? Someone who is prematurely dying?
Don't be conned by the uncritical reviews by Walford's little sect of true believers.
Check out The ImmorTalist Manifesto: Stay Young & Save the World" on Amazon. This is not a diet book. But it will lead you to The Elixxir Program.
Elixxir has been called "the only anti-aging guru who has actually stayed young." (Investor's Business Daily)
So if you're like me, you would rather model yourself on an anti-aging guru who's not prematurely old and dying, but one who has stayed young!
The Elixxir Program cuts out all the needless puritanism and self-deprivation and abstinence from wine, etc. in Walford's regimen. And leaves in what is scientific and what works.
P.S. Walford's condition is sad and tragic. But it is absolutely unethical and probably legally liable for him to not reveal this in his books. So that you can take it into consideration. So your choice is Walford or Elixxir?
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Summary: The Shocking Truth about Dr. Walford - AARP Exposé
Comment: I want my money back! Dr. Walford touts himself as an anti-aging guru. But I am shocked to discover an exposé by the magazine of the American Assoc. of Retired Persons (AARP). The article pointed out that this so-called anti-aging guru who claims he will live to 120 cannot even walk in his seventies. Walford is a total invalid! And I checked the old mail on the CR (caloric restriction) list and discovered many members of the list were shocked when that story came out.
Dr. Walford should have had the decency to give us a FULL DISCLOSURE of his physical condition in this and his other book, of which this is a rehash. So we can decide whether to buy his books or not. I would not if I had known.
He claims of course it has nothing to do with his interpretation of how CR should be done. But I am not at all persuaded. I have concluded he is doing CR wrong. And that we follow his prescription at our own risk.
It's obvious many of the "rave" reviews here are from a few members of his small but very cultic mailing list. They will never tell you this shocking fact -- that their anti-aging life-extension guru Dr. Walford cannot even walk! That he is doing worse than most seventy-somethings who shovel down all the calories!
Well, I feel totally deceived. And stunned! I want my money back! This is completely unethical. It is deceptive advertising to say the least. Go to AARP website and find that article in their archive or ask them for it. And read for yourself about Dr. Walford's shocking physical state.
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Summary: Great introduction, difficult recipes
Comment: The authors give an excellent argument in their introduction. In my case they are preaching to the converted; I have been using a low calorie diet for twenty years or so.I've never followed one of their recipes however. They are not too complicated but often mention ingredients that I've never heard of. In several recipes I've seen them using Spanish words instead of the English equivalents.
The recipes are interesting, sometimes imaginative, but never inspiring.
