Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Is it the study itself that is hyped or just the media reporting on it? Were the authors specifically looking to demonstrate an adverse link or was it something that simply popped out of the data that they couldn’t just ignore? I suspect more the latter as I got the impression that the adverse link was a surprise.
Based on the consensus among real experts, which was and probably still is in favor of calorie restriction as a means of promoting longevity, I suspect the authors were surprised.