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Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity (Hardcover, 2010 Ed.) Loot Price: R5,483
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Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity (Hardcover, 2010 Ed.): Arthur V. Everitt, Suresh I.S. Rattan, David G. Couteur, Rafael...

Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity (Hardcover, 2010 Ed.)

Arthur V. Everitt, Suresh I.S. Rattan, David G. Couteur, Rafael De Cabo

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Food or calorie restriction has been shown in many short-lived animals and the rhesus monkey to prolong life-span. Life-long nutrition studies are not possible in humans because of their long survival. Studies over two to six years in healthy adult humans have, however, shown that a 20% reduction in food or calorie intake slows many indices of normal and disease-related aging. Thus, it is widely believed that long-term reduction in calorie or food intake will delay the onset of age-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and so prolong life.

Over the last 20 or more years there has been a progressive rise in food intake in many countries of the world, accompanied by a rising incidence of obesity. Thus our increasing food and calorie intake has been linked to the rising incidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in early adult life. It is accepted that overeating, accompanied by reduced physical exercise, will lead to more age-related diseases and shortening of life-span. The answer is to reduce our calorie intake, improve our diet, and exercise more. But calorie restriction is extremely difficult to maintain for long periods. How then can we solve this problem?

Edited by a team of highly distinguished academics, this book provides the latest information on the beneficial effects of calorie restriction on health and life-span. This book brings us closer to an understanding at the molecular, cellular and whole organism level of the way forward.

General

Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Release date: May 2010
First published: 2010
Editors: Arthur V. Everitt • Suresh I.S. Rattan • David G. Couteur • Rafael De Cabo
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 323
Edition: 2010 Ed.
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-8555-9
Categories: Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine
Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Cellular physiology
LSN: 90-481-8555-6
Barcode: 9789048185559

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