Insulin
and Longevity
In a study conducted
by a team of Brown
University researchers
led by biology professor
Marc Tatar, when
chemical messages
sent by an insulin-like
hormone are reduced
inside the fat cells
of the fruit fly,
the fly's lifespan
increases significantly.
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Combining the right
foods to get the
correct amount and
type of protein
can be tricky. Mauro
Di Pasquale, M.D.
gives you tips on
what foods you should
concentrate on.
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Eat
Less, Live Longer
The connection between
eating less and
living longer has
been known to researchers
since the 1930s
when a Cornell University
nutrition professor
unexpectedly discovered
that dieting rats
tend to live 30
percent longer.
If that's the case
with animals, then
it might be true
with humans too.
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Some
Foods and Medications
Don’t Mix
When Brian Foster
gulped down an eight-ounce
glass of cranberry
juice one morning,
he had no idea what
was in store. A
few hours later,
as he walked down
the halls of the
University of Ottawa’s
Faculty of Medicine
where he teaches,
his blood pressure
dropped suddenly
and he began to
stumble.
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Female college athletes
on low-calorie diets
could be putting
themselves at risk
for stress fractures,
according to new
Saint Louis University
research published
recently in The
American Journal
of Sports Medicine.
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Insulin
and Longevity
Are
you getting your
protein?
Eat
Less, Live Longer
Some
Foods and Medications
Don’t Mix
Female
Athletes Limiting
Calories More Likely
to Get Stress Fractures
