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Avalon
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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: Calorie Restriction Carb vs protein |
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Does this say what I think it says even though what it says has to do with non-humans?
| Quote: | From Fruit Flies to Rodents
In the study by Mair et al., the authors examined life span in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) fed one of four different diets: (1) a combination of yeast and sugar (control), (2) restricted in yeast only, (3) restricted in sugar only, and (4) restricted in yeast and sugar. The authors observed that in the restricted sugar group, as compared to the controls, maximal life span was unchanged and median life span was increased by only 12%. On the other hand, both maximal and median life spans were increased substantially in the restricted yeast group and in the restricted yeast and sugar group (Figure 1). Importantly, the authors claim that total calorie contents of the restricted sugar and restricted yeast diets were similar. Thus, from this study it can be implied that restricting carbohydrate is less advantageous than restricting protein/lipid for mediating the effects of dietary restriction (DR) on life span. |
From: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/...;doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020231
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ReddyMcMeaty
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imo you can't compare flies with humans, horses need different diet from cats, and they're more alike than we are to flies. I think.
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adwred
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They're called fruit flies! I imagine they do pretty well on carbs. 
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ReddyMcMeaty
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I don't know why but this is making me giggle a lot.
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Avalon
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To loosely quote The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai ...
"Laugh while you can, Monkey peoples" 
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