Monkeys live longer on low-cal diet - would humans? Studies say YES. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 530221 United States 07/10/2009 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've been following this research for awhile. I think it’s important to note that the animals in these studies are given an exacting diet that is nutrient rich very unlike the diet that they would encounter in the real world. Is it possible that the extended life of these animals is due to the suppliments they are recieving? Can't say yet, it's too soon. In addition, anorexics are a good example of how calorie deprivation can go horribly wrong. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 648447 United States 07/10/2009 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've been following this research for awhile. I think it’s important to note that the animals in these studies are given an exacting diet that is nutrient rich very unlike the diet that they would encounter in the real world. Is it possible that the extended life of these animals is due to the suppliments they are recieving? Can't say yet, it's too soon. In addition, anorexics are a good example of how calorie deprivation can go horribly wrong. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 530221I don't eat as many calories as is recommended, but I am very healthy and slender (not skinny). I am in my 60's, take NO meds, am rarely sick. I eat a balanced vegetarian diet and take vitamins. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 215544 Spain 07/10/2009 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've been following this research for awhile. I think it’s important to note that the animals in these studies are given an exacting diet that is nutrient rich very unlike the diet that they would encounter in the real world. Is it possible that the extended life of these animals is due to the suppliments they are recieving? Can't say yet, it's too soon. In addition, anorexics are a good example of how calorie deprivation can go horribly wrong. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 648447I don't eat as many calories as is recommended, but I am very healthy and slender (not skinny). I am in my 60's, take NO meds, am rarely sick. I eat a balanced vegetarian diet and take vitamins. You said it op, its the meat IMO that ages because ut fills the body with toxins that the body has to work hard to eliminate, therefore it ages quicker. |
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User ID: 719657 United States 07/10/2009 09:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “Longevity Genes” -Research Reveals Why Some Live Longer Scientists have long been baffled as to why some people live so much longer than others. Diet and exercise account for some of it, but researchers have found that genetics also factor heavily into the equation, and that long life is somewhat hereditary as it is with living bristlecone pine that were alive when Caesar ruled Rome. However, centenarians are known to have just as many—and sometimes even more—harmful gene variants compared with those who die much younger. So what is the secret advantage? That’s a question the experts have been eager to find an answer to. Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have finally unlocked the secret behind the paradox. They were able to identify specific favorable “longevity genes” that offer protection from the harmful effects of “bad genes”. [link to www.dailygalaxy.com] "From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17 |
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User ID: 706864 Canada 07/10/2009 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I no longer support we are some analogy to ape shit alone. Brother sun, intuition moon. Home at the forest. Sure every post I have mentions goat blood...How do you think we get plasma tv's? Organic needs are being assaulted. I'm not amused by this & encourage all to grow heirloom seed for themselves. The garden gives greatest power. Diabetes curing food list [Forget the FDA - Think for yourself]: Thread: Every item recently recalled by FDA for salmonella has diabetic healing also prostate Big Pharma rids their competition |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 687290 Belgium 07/10/2009 10:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Old news. People from Okinawa have the habit of stopping eating before they are full. Their lifespan is 11 years longer than the average. Anyway, everybody knows that it is not good to eat too much. Does that stop people from doing it ? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 530221 United States 07/10/2009 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I didn't think this information would go over well. Too many people are addicted to over-eating and not worrying about maintaining a BALANCED diet. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 648447Too bad. Look at all the fatties out there. So sad. The information IS interesting, but the research is not complete. There is nothing wrong with questioning the research as to its validity. What were you expecting? That people would stop eating based on studies that have yet to be done on humans? Let's take this a step farther, starvation by itself is a global killer. To say that simply cutting calories will make your life longer borders on irresponsible. These animals are all given a rigid diet. Yes they consume fewer calories, but the ones they do consume are a precise mixture. |