More News About the CR Diet

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Hello CR ALL:

Do we need more proof of the benefits of a CR Diet?

Here is some more news (Internet reference below):

Molecular biologist Guarante says:

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" It would be shocking if it [CR] didn't work in humans, "

said Leonard Guarente, a molecular biologist at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. " It works in such

a wide variety of critters. Why would it not work in humans? "

Hundreds of hardy believers already have decided that the

animal data are persuasive enough...

About Neurobiologist and CR Researcher Mark Mattson:

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Mattson (5-foot-9 and 120 pounds) follows his own

calorie-restricted diet. A gaunt, intense 46-year-old,

he skips breakfast; lunch is three pieces of pita bread

and a piece of fruit; dinner consists of vegetables,

more fruit, some nuts and maybe a small serving of fish.

His wife and two children don't follow the diet, so at

home, he makes his own meals.

" It's no big deal, " said Mattson, who lives in Bel Air, Md.

" After two weeks, you're not hungry anymore. " In the lab,

Mattson has found that the benefits of CR extend to the

brain: In mice, the regimen protects brain cells from animal

models of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's

and Parkinson's. He also discovered that intermittent fasting -

feeding the mice every other day - improves results even more.

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Full text of article at: http://tinyurl.com/rwr1

Thanks to Stern, who dug up this news article.

-- Warren