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I'm not crazy about animal studies, but considering the number of species

they've done caloric restriction with, and, the 95% percent+ DNA commonality we

have with primates, this 20 years ongoing study is most interesting.

 

FYI, Mark (yet another reasons for low-fat vegan diet...)

http://www.soulveggie.com

 

Excerpts:

 

" People on caloric restriction can eat three meals a day. A typical menu

includes cereal with fruit and nuts for breakfast, a big salad for lunch, and

dinner featuring lean meat and reasonable portion sizes. There's also room for a

couple of snacks and even a small dessert from time to time.

 

Caloric restriction has consistently produced health benefits for animals.

 

In the new study, scientists tracked 76 adult rhesus monkeys from the Wisconsin

National Primate Research Center starting in 1989. Half the animals were fed a

typical diet of lab chow, and the rest got a version with a higher concentration

of vitamins and minerals to make up for the 30% reduction in chow quantity.

 

Over the course of the study, the monkeys that ate the regular diet were three

times more likely to die of an age-related disease than their counterparts on

caloric restriction. Fourteen deaths in the control group were attributable to

age-related diseases, compared with five such deaths among the animals that ate

30% fewer calories, according to the study.

 

The rates of cardiovascular disease and pre-cancerous cell growths were twice as

high in the control group compared with the reduced-calorie group.

 

The researchers also noted that although five of the control monkeys became

diabetic and 11 were classified as pre-diabetic, all the calorie-restricted

animals remained diabetes-free.

 

Brain scans revealed significantly less atrophy of gray matter in the monkeys

that ate less.

 

They even looked less wrinkled and flabby.

 

In all, the monkeys on caloric restriction " appear to be biologically younger

than the normally fed animals, " the researchers wrote in their report. "

 

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FROM:

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-sci-caloric-restriction10-2009jul10,0,\

6224941,full.story

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