Scientists Weigh Mechanisms, Effects of Calorie Restriction

Yazan: admin | 03 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

Back in 1934, dust storms rolled across the Great Plains, Anything Goes premiered on Broadway, the New Deal was still new, and Bonnie and Clyde met their demise. During that year, too, scientists at Cornell University observed that lab rats fed a calorie-restricted diet had twice the lifespan of other rats. Those observations, reported the [...]

Can We Prevent Aging?

Yazan: admin | 03 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Anti Aging

People are living longer. In 1970, the average life expectancy at birth was 70.8 years; in 2000, it was 76.9 years; and by 2030 is it estimated that the “oldest-old,” age 85 and older, could grow to 10 million people. Views on aging are also changing. It no longer necessarily means physical decline and illness—in [...]