Latest Fruit Fly Study

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Hi folks:

A few numbers from the most recent fruit fly study done at University

College London, previously posted here a couple of weeks ago:

In normal circumstances not many fruit flies live beyond age 40

days. So perhaps 40 days in fruit flies is equivalent to 100 years

in humans ........... and 30 days in fruit flies approximately the

equivalent of 75 years in humans, perhaps.

In the UCL study 87% of non-restricted flies had died by age 30 days.

Of flies whose diet was carb-restricted only (no restriction of

fat/protein) 78% had died by age 30 days. A pretty good improvement,

right? Seventy percent more were still alive.

Of flies whose diet was fat/protein restricted only (no restriction

of carbs) only 21% had died by age 30 days! Extraordinary! SIX

TIMES as many were still alive, compared with the non-restricted

flies.

Of flies in whose diet fat, protein and carbs were all restricted,

11% had died by age 30 days.

So, is it the fat that most needs to be restricted? Or is it the

protein? Keep watching this space to find out, hopefully by the end

of the year.

Rodney.