Does Severe Calorie Restriction Help You Life Longer? Probably Not
According to a 25-year study using rhesus monkeys, a lifetime on a very-low calorie diet did not help them live any longer, researchers from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge reported in the journal Nature. Rhesus monkeys are genetically relatively similar to humans. They were fed on a diet consisting of 30% fewer calories than the control group were for a quarter of a century…
August 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 25-year-study, diet-consisting, fewer-calories, louisiana-state, not-help, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, using-rhesus
Why Some Fats Are Worse Than Others
All dietary fats are not created equal. Some types of fats have been linked to ailments like heart disease and diabetes, while others, like those often found in plants and fish, have well documented health benefits…
August 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-linked, dietary-fats, documented-health, heart-disease, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets
Gut Flora Different In Breast Fed Babies
The benefits of breast milk have long been appreciated, but now scientists at Duke University Medical Center have described a unique property that makes mother’s milk better than infant formula in protecting infants from infections and illnesses…
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