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This article might be of interest to SLDers and those interested in benefits of calorie restriction, or when you worry if you are getting enough calories or not:

Restricting Calories Boosts the Immune System
          A HealthDay article by Steven Reinberg

"FRIDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- New research with rhesus monkeys appears to shed some light on why restricting calories may extend life spans. Limiting consumption of calories seems to boost key infection-fighting cells in the immune system..."

http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/news-26271-31.html

A list of easily obtained (for most of us), highly nutritious foods to include whether you are restricting calories or not are linked to on this thread:

http://boards.sethroberts.net/index.php?topic=3525.0

or directly to the website, here: http://www.whfoods.org/foodstoc.php

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