Caloric restriction and Brain Aging

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http://www.sfn.org/briefings/caloricrestriction.html

Here's the skinny. Since the 1930s, when researchers found that rats placed on a

low-calorie diet lived longer, many

suspected that the benefits of reducing food intake surpassed keeping a slim

waist. So they put down their PB & J and

got cooking in the lab. Increasing evidence from animal studies now indicates

that, indeed, low-cal perks are

far-reaching, even extending to the brain. Cutting back calories, termed caloric

restriction, appears to slow

age-related changes in the brain and helps ward off brain destruction from

neurological ailments.

 

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Nice photo of how the hippocampus of cal restricted mice resisted brain toxins

while normal eating mice didn't,

 

http://www.sfn.org/briefings/july2001_big.jpg

 

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Good Health & Long Life,

Greg Watson,

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson

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