That is, I have been espousing a subjective form of it since 1996, with such narrowly focused but expressive blurts such as, “fat is metabolically inactive, slow, serene, timeless, healthy, and cosmetically enhancing. Bony faces look very bad, imho”, but have refined it over the years, became aware of caloric restriction as a researched diet that dates back decades (thus, I am not really ahead of the curve, just slightly ahead of the popularity curve!), and have softened my stance on exercising:

I used to be totally anti-exercise, in complete support of absolute idleness and minimal diet. Now, I think moderate brisk walking is ok and occasional aerobic, meditative or yoga-like motions are fine too and certainly not unhealthy.

But, lo and behold, research such as this suggests that perhaps I softened and moderated prematurely. Perhaps staying the course in principal (I have never veered in practice, just in what I relate to others when asked about looking very young for near-40: don’t want to scare too many people away from healthy, antiaging, fat-laden, lazy, slothful, vegan diet and lifestyle) is the higher road, remaining uncompromising, not giving ground, not seeing the other perspectives.

Fascinating stuff!