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 THE SKINNY ON AGING: Michael Cooper consumes a 350-calorie lunch that includes whey protein, brewer¿s yeast and broccoli. |
Michael Cooper, suffice it to say, is obsessed with the problem of aging and has been since he was a boy. He recalls looking at his seventh-grade teacher, a balding man in his 50s, and thinking, "I don't want to be like him," and, he says, "Those thoughts never left my mind." Now Cooper is 51, a former electrical engineer who recently went back to school to study biology at Southern Methodist University. Since the mid-1970s he has been reading voraciously about longevity, nutrition and health. And in February 1986 he began practicing calorie restriction, hoping to extend his life well beyond the biblical three score and 10 years. The 6'2" Cooper has reduced his daily calorie intake from 2,800 to 1,500, and his weight has dropped over a seven-year period from 160 pounds to a feather-light 120.
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