Diet and Nutrition

New diet and nutrition research reported from University of California

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, April 1st, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "In this Study, our main objective was to determine whether energy restriction (ER) affects the rate of oxygen consumption of mice transiently or lastingly and whether metabolic rate plays a role in the ER-related extension of life span. We compared rates of resting oxygen consumption between C57BL/6 mice, whose life span is prolonged by ER, and the DBA/2 mice where it is not, at 6 and 23 mo of age, following 40% ER for 2 and 19 me, respectively."

"Mice of the 2 strains that consumed food ad libitum (AL) had a similar body mass at the age of 4 mo and consumed similar amounts of food throughout the experiment; however, the...

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Source: Fitness and Wellness Business Week (2009-04-01)

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