Eat less live longer

[pellicle]

Study results on near cousins to humanity

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/c...healthier-life [IMG2=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/cosmos-magazine.imgix.net\/file\/spina\/photo\/9317\/180117_macaque_2.jpg"}[/IMG2]



A photo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison study in 2009. The then-27-year-old monkey on the left was fed fewer calories while the monkey on the right, then 29 years old, was allowed to eat as much as it liked.
JEFF MILLER / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

But there seems to be an opt out clause for the ladies

The work isn't proof that caloric restriction slows the biological ageing of the macaques, nor does it reveal the minimum degree of calorie restriction that provides maximum benefits.

Sex also played a role, with female macaques less vulnerable to the negative effects of being fatter than males.

 

[honeybunny]

Is it assumed that both groups maintained the same activity levels?

I have found that it is more a case of what type of calories I consume (from refined sugar and carbs vs protein and fat) that affects my weight loss.

 

[neil]

buggers me up as I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee choclate

 

[Paleowoman]

From what I can remember about that study with the monkeys who were calorie restricted and lived longer, the ones who were allowed to eat as much as they liked were not eating the kind of diet monkeys normally eat in the wild, they were eating 'chow', something iike that which is the name given to the foods laboratory animals are normally fed on which is high carbs !

Oh yes, read the link to that study posted above: https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/calorie-restricted-monkeys-lead-longer-healthier-life In it you read the study ws done again at a different university which gave different results, and that : "Macaques were also fed different diets. At the National Institute of Ageing, the subjects ate naturally sourced foods while those at the University of Wisconsin-Madison dined on processed, sugary food. Unsurprisingly, this meant the latter control group was fatter than their National Institute of Ageing counterparts."

 

[AZ Don]

While there is evidence that eating a calorie restricted diet can extend life, there is also some evidence that intermittent fasting may provide similar benefits (without going hungry). As I recall the original article discussed benefits after a short fast: simply not eating after dinner (at 6pm) and skipping breakfast the next day. I don't have the link handy but found this discussion of intermitent fasting vs. calorie restriction: https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/difference-calorie-restriction-fasting-fasting-27/

Simply eating less animal products without calorie restriction may provide similar benefits: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/caloric-restriction-vs-animal-protein-restriction/

 

[pellicle]

...there is also some evidence that intermittent fasting may provide similar benefits (without going hungry).

isn't fasting going hungry ;-)

I've got a friend who did the 2 days fast per week and he reported he felt better but didn't loose any weight

 

[epstns]

If fasting works so well, does that mean that if we stop eating we will live forever?

{Steve runs out of the room and hides from the angry hordes. . . }

 

[honeybunny]

AZ Don, this article was in my last issue of AARP: http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2016/intermittent-fasting-lose-weight.html. Also, a co-worker told me that her mom had practiced two-day-a-week fast for years. I'm trying to do this fast now. Have not lost any weight yet. I use My Fitness Pal to track my calories.

 

[pellicle]

{Steve runs out of the room and hides from the angry hordes. . . }

you can run, but you can't hide ;-)