May 04 2007

Nutrition: Very Low Calorie Diets and Living Longer

Published by barbara at 8:54 pm under General Health

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Seems like over the years I’ve heard about very low calorie diets extending ones life spans. Well it appears there is a gene involved in this, and studies have started with the goals of being able to produce new medications that will delay the onset of age-related diseases such as Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.

It will be a while in coming…so don’t hold your breath. IN the meantime, if you are inclided to increase your longevity with very low calorie diets, you can find more information about the research being done at the National Institutes of Health

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