A new study on mice has shown that caloric restriction may not universally benefit as the best anti-ageing strategy.
A new study on mice has shown that caloric restriction may not universally benefit as the best anti-ageing strategy.
Researchers said that the anti-aging strategy known as caloric restriction may help obese people but for lean humans, eating less may be a pointless, frustrating and even dangerous exercise.
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For the study, Sohal and Michael Forster, of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, compared the life span and caloric intake of two genetically engineered strains of mice.
Sohal said that the 'fat' strain, known as C57BL/6, roughly doubles in weight over its adult life. That strain benefited from caloric restriction.
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"Our study questions the paradigm that caloric restriction is universally beneficial. Contrary to what is widely believed, caloric restriction does not extend (the) life span of all strains of mice," Sohal said.
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A bone health study of one of the oldest persons in the world, who recently died at the age of 114, has shown that the secret to long life may not lie in the genes.
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