Items Listed In The Caloric_Restriction Category:Sugary Diet Increases LongevityIn a study that is bad news for adherents of the Atkins Diet and health-food advocates, most of the benefits of caloric restriction were found to be due to reduction of fats and proteins. The study, though, used fruit flies as subjects, so there is no proof yet that the same effect holds for mammals, particularly humans. MORE... Caloric Restriction and Resistance to Environmental DiseasesThe biological mechanisms for life-extension through caloric restriction make perfect evolutionary sense. In times of abundant food supply, rapid growth and fecundity are favored over endurance and longevity. Conversely, when food becomes scarce reproductive performance and growth are sacrificed in favor of extended total and reproductive life spans, thus increasing the probability that sufficient individuals will survive to restore the population when conditions improve. MORE... Caloric Restriction For Longer, Healthier LifeYou are what you eat, but you cease if you eat too much. Of all the supplements and regimes that claim to possess the secret of giving you longer life, only one method has been scientifically proven to extend life -- caloric restriction. But that proof comes from animal studies, and there are questions as to how effectively it may be applied to humans. There are also concerns about how late in life one can start such a program and expect it to have much effect. MORE... Caloric Restriction and LongevityResearchers at the U S National Institute on Aging examined the role of restricting calories in slowing down the ageing process, and identified three salient indicators of caloric restriction: lower serum insulin levels, lower body temperature, and higher DHEA levels. MORE... Caloric Restriction: The Anti-Aging DietCalorie restriction is the only well-researched, effective means of retarding aging that is available to post-embryonic animals. Calorie restriction, as it is used by life-extensionists, means a reduction in caloric-intake for the purposes of lowering one\'s rate of aging as well as preventing disease or the morbidity/mortality associated with disease. MORE... Fasting and Caloric Restriction for Life ExtensionPresents arguments for different patterns of reduced-calorie food intake: periodic fasting alternating with periods of normal diet, versus continuous caloric restriction. MORE... |
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