Paul Sandford McGlothin

Who is Paul Sandford McGlothin?

Paul Sandford McGlothin is a musician, creator of ethnic celebrations, and author and consultant on calorie restriction and CR research – based in the New York metropolitan area. His pursuits include or have included 1 clarinet performance with scholarships to Interlochen Arts Academy* and Oberlin Conservatory of Music as well as fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center and the National Orchestral Association* – followed by principal clarinet positions in symphony orchestras at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; 2 creation of events to honor the traditional music and dance of ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico – most notable being the Latin Dance Spectacular, the National Gospel Choir Competition, and the New York Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration; and 3 bridging the gap between CR research and CR application that non-scientists can use easily.

This bridge enables people to improve their health thus increasing the years that they live in good health. The bridge takes the form of a The CR Way, co-authored with his wife, Meredith Averill, and launched on Barbara Walters’ longevity special, "Living to 150: Can You Do It?" It presents an approach to CR that recognizes the special challenges and opportunities that human beings experience in applying CR, as compared to the lab animals that thrive on it; b The CR Way to Happy Dieting, an online resource that takes advantage of research in neurochemistry to support healthful weight-loss efforts by starting people on a diet that first deals biochemically with their food-related emotions; and c the Web site, LivingTheCRWay.com, maintained to provide new research results as they develop and are evaluated. The CR Way "diet" is based on decades of research. To this McGlothin has added his passion for testing – in the lab and in his life – the effects of what he is doing. He has carried this over to facilitating university-based research, e.g., at University of California, San Francisco * by providing a model for testing the effects of various foods, exercise, and other lifestyle aspects on biomarkers for health.