Guest guest Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 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. " --- FROM: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-sci-caloric-restriction10-2009jul10,0,\ 6224941,full.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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