"LESS is more
when it comes to eating, a new study in the US has revealed."
A scientist with the National
Institute on Ageing, Dr George Roth, said the study of monkeys revealed that
ageing slows down in monkeys who eat a well-balanced diet, but whose caloric
intake is reduced by 30 percent.
According to Dr Roth, studies
during the past 70 years confirm that mice and rats age better when they reduce
their caloric intake. The study of the monkeys is the first time the beneficial
anti-ageing effects of caloric restriction that have been known to occur in
shorter-life, smaller animals such as rats and mice are seemingly applicable
to larger life species such as monkeys - and may therefore be applicable to
people.
In the study, the monkeys
seem to be leaner, smaller, more active, matured a little later, were more sensitive
to insulin and had better glucose tolerance (which indicates they are less likely
to develop diabetes).
The change of diet also had
a metabolic effect, with the monkeys having a lower body temperature.
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