The Challenge of a Lifetime: Aging Well--Slashing Calories: Can.... Julia Sommerfeld.
by Sommerfeld, Julia; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 41Family. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aging | Diet therapy | Longevity -- Nutritional aspects | Low-calorie diet | Older people -- Health and hygiene | Quality of lifeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Study after study in worms, flies, spiders, guppies, yeast, mice and rats shows slashing calorie intake by about 30 percent lengthens life span by about the same percentage. If the strategy works in humans, that would translate into as many as 20 extra years for people. Not only do critters live longer, calorie restriction, or CR as it's known among rodent-starving scientists, also appears to be a panacea for age-related ills. It staves off diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's. But the diet may cause problems of its own, such as weakened bones." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses how researchers are looking at the benefits and risks that a restricted-calorie diet poses for human beings.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Challenge of a Lifetime: Aging Well--Slashing Calories: Can..., Nov. 12, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Study after study in worms, flies, spiders, guppies, yeast, mice and rats shows slashing calorie intake by about 30 percent lengthens life span by about the same percentage. If the strategy works in humans, that would translate into as many as 20 extra years for people. Not only do critters live longer, calorie restriction, or CR as it's known among rodent-starving scientists, also appears to be a panacea for age-related ills. It staves off diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's. But the diet may cause problems of its own, such as weakened bones." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses how researchers are looking at the benefits and risks that a restricted-calorie diet poses for human beings.
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