Dietary restriction and extended lifespan
A new evolutionary theory in BioEssays claims that consuming a diet very low in nutrients can extend lifespan in laboratory animals, a finding which could hold clues to promoting healthier ageing in humans.Scientists have known for decades that severely restricted food intake reduces the incidence of diseases of old age, such as cancer, and increases lifespan.
March 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-very, incidence, new-evolutionary, old-age, on call diets, promoting-healthier, reduces-the-incidence, seniors / aging, severely-restricted
Public Agencies Can Address The Obesity Epidemic
With simple and innovative measures, public agencies at state and local levels can play a significant role in promoting healthier eating habits – steps that could make a difference in curbing the nation’s obesity epidemic…
May 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agencies-at-state, curbing-the-nation, diet, eating-habits, innovative-measures, local-levels, nation, on call diets, promoting-healthier, public-agencies
