News tagged with diet restriction
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.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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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.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 15, 2010 |
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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
Jul 16, 2010 |
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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. ...
Jun 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 09, 2009 |
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