News tagged with diet restriction

Insight into why low calorie diet can extend lifespan -- even if adopted later in life

New research being presented this week is giving scientists new insight into why a restricted diet can lead to a longer lifespan and reduced incidence of age-related diseases for a wide variety of animals. Scientists have ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Perhaps a longer lifespan, certainly a longer 'health span'

Organisms from yeast to rodents to humans all benefit from cutting calories. In less complex organisms, restricting calories can double or even triple lifespan. It's not yet clear just how much longer calorie restriction ...

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created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How calorie-restricted diets fight obesity and extend life span

Scientists searching for the secrets of how calorie-restricted diets increase longevity are reporting discovery of proteins in the fat cells of human volunteers that change as pounds drop off. The proteins ...

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life

Getting the correct balance of proteins in our diet may be more important for healthy ageing than reducing calories, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and Research into Ageing suggests.

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 5

Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction—and the reverse, overconsumption—produce protective effects against aging ...

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bottom-line message from a decades-long study of monkeys on a restricted diet is simple: Consuming fewer calories leads to a longer, healthier life.

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 13

Climbing the ladder to longevity: Critical enzyme pair identified

Experiment after experiment confirms that a diet on the brink of starvation expands lifespan in mice and many other species. But the molecular mechanism that links nutrition and survival is still poorly understood. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Calorie restriction causes temporal changes in liver metabolism

Moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, whereas moderate weight loss affects muscle, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the Americ ...

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0