Thank you for reading and commenting.
You are right about autophagy. What do you expect? Only after the 2016 Nobel award did the science community start embracing autophagy. There will be heaps of evidence in a decade. The value of autophagy does not require proof. We don't need empirical evidence for a natural human feature.
Is there any empirical evidence for consciousness? None! Yet, billions of people live with it. Denying it equals denying our humanness. Science is only a drop in the ocean. It can only measure physical phenomena. Fortunately, parapsychologists attempt to investigate non-physical aspects.
The day I completed my doctorate decades ago, I realized that I knew nothing. Before, I believed I knew everything.
There is plenty of evidence on the longevity benefits of caloric deficit via fasting. I personally don't care about scientific evidence as I have seen the benefits of fasting, thermogenesis, and intense exercise for decades experimentally. I use the scientific method in my personal experiments, but as it is impossible to replicate, we cannot publish them in peer-reviewed journals.
These so-called new age practices helped me to re-engineer my life. I was prediabetic in my younger years with metabolic syndrome. Now chronologically an older age, I feel like a teenager.
By the way, sponsored scientists still tout the benefits of sugary drinks and refined carbs. I take science with a grain of salt.
