Worms, Deprived Of Smell Sense, Live Longer Oct 24, 2008
24, 2008) Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are well fed it just takes a chemical that blocks their sense of smell. (Science Daily)
Genes Influence Effectiveness Of Weight-loss Drug Oct 3, 2008
The drug creates a feeling of fullness, prevents decline in metabolic rate associated with low calorie diets and causes weight loss, especially when combined with behavioral therapy. However, weight loss with the drug is highly variable. (Science Daily)
Dietary Fat Won't Make You Fat Aug 31, 2008
In fact, low-fat, low calorie diets turn off one s metabolism. winner of three Science in Society Journalism awards, also postulates that dietary fat is not responsible for clogging arteries or making people fat in Good Calories, Bad Calories, where he debunks study after erroneous study making the false link between fat consumption and heart disease and obesity. (Suite101.com)
Group pledges $500 million to fight epidemic May 28, 2008
The medical arsenal, for the most part, consists of prescription drugs, strict low calorie diets, and bariatric surgery. It's fantastic that medical professionals are taking cues from behavioral scientists here. (MSNBC -- Health)
Thank God, it's a boy! May 17, 2008
These studies talk about high calorie diets that boost chances of a baby boy; mete out advice for wannabe mums: cereals for a boy, diet for a girl. Are we still obsessed with having a male child. (India Times, India)
Mother's diet can help determine sex of child: study Apr 23, 2008
"This research may help to explain why in developed countries, where many young women choose low calorie diets, the proportion of boys is falling," Mathews said. The study's findings, she added, could point to a "natural mechanism" for gender selection. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Short-stature individuals live longer Mar 9, 2008
Findings showed low calorie diets also extend the lifespan by similarly affecting the growth hormone pathway. Researchers concluded that using growth hormone as an anti-ageing medicine can reduce longevity. (PRESS TV)
Worrying about fat may make you fatter Jul 2, 2007
But the researchers found that if they blocked the action of the neuropeptide Y on the fat cells, the stressed mice on high calorie diets retained a normal weight. "Our findings suggest that we may be able to reverse or prevent obesity caused by stress and diet," Professor Zukowska said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Scientists Find Gene Linking Lifespan to Calorie Restriction May 5, 2007
A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. So there is this really small window where you are on the borderline of crossing into starvation or crossing into being fat. (Voice of America)
It's never too late to get it back! Aging interrupted Apr 2, 2007
Professor Spindler and his colleagues are examining the gene expression patterns which are induced by low calorie diets, and looking for drugs which mimic these changes ... The most important effects of low calorie diets and longevity therapeutics given late in life may not be to prevent this damage, but instead to stimulate the body to eliminate damaged cells that may become cancerous, and to stimulate repair in damaged cells like neurons and heart cells ... Low calorie diets drive the body to... (EurekAlert!)
Q&A: Tackling growing obesity Mar 15, 2007
They should only use low calorie diets of less than 1,000 a day for 12 weeks at most. They should also do at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise five times a week. (BBC News -- Health)
• The key to weight loss: Motivation Feb 27, 2007
Still others look to intensive, medically supervised fasting or very low calorie diets. For 26 years, the University of California at Los Angeles has run a Risk Factor Obesity Program in which people follow a 550- to 850-calorie-a-day diet for six months under monitoring by a physician, dietitian, nurse and psychologist. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Could even the smell of a cheeseburger be bad for you? Feb 3, 2007
Granted, it's a long way from fruit flies to human biology, but a study published Friday in the journal Science Express indicates that even the smell of food can reduce the life span of creatures on reduced calorie diets ... The hypothesis for why reduced calorie diets make creatures live longer is that when cells process food, they release toxic byproducts called oxidants, Van Voorhies explained. (The Standard-Times, MA)
