Article: The fountain of youth may lie in a low-calorie diet

Article: Starve Your Way to Health.(practitioners of calorie restriction movement hope to slow aging process)(California based Calorie Restriction Society)
Newsweek International;  January 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......tiny, controversial calorie-restriction movement, which aims...changes that slow the aging process. In principle, this...on exercise. From the calorie- restriction point of view, food...the California-based Calorie Restriction Society, might be on to something. The case ...

Article: The case for eating less (and less ...): if mice and guppies can live dramatically longer on a drastically reduced diet, what about you? And would you call it living? Aimee Lee Ball has a very light lunch with the Calorie Restriction Society.(body wise; includes related article "Youth" drugs)
O, The Oprah Magazine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......annual conference of the Calorie Restriction Society (CR Society) is...only way to retard the aging process. Until recently, it's...discussion group about calorie restriction. It became a little hobby...explanations for slowing the aging process. Antiaging ...

Article: MIT helps unlock life-extending secrets of calorie restriction.
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  January 30, 2004 ;     469 words ......activates an anti-aging gene in yeast. Calorie restriction extends lifespan in a wide spectrum...Guarente discovered in 2000 that calorie restriction activates the silenced information...probes how Sir2 is activated by calorie restriction. The authors reported that a coenzyme...

Article: Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction.
Diabetes Week;  August 30, 2004 ;     539 words ......many of the beneficial effects of calorie restriction, resulting in the prevention of...of Public Health, explained that calorie restriction has intrigued scientists for decades...every species studied. In mammals, calorie restriction suppresses many diseases associated...

Article: Researchers note differences between people and animals on calorie restriction.(Report)
NewsRx Health;  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories...findings, some people have adopted calorie restriction in the hope that they can lengthen...desired effect unless people on calorie restriction also pay attention to their...

Article: Researchers Note Differences Between People and Animals on Calorie Restriction
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......issued the following news release: Calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories...findings, some people have adopted calorie restriction in the hope that they can lengthen...desired effect unless people on calorie restriction also pay attention to their protein...

Article: Dieters Who Believe in Calorie Restriction Prefer Going Hungry to Dying Early.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 27, 2003 ;     685 words ......list of animal studies showing that calorie restriction, or CR, as it is called, can significantly...Those on the diet concede that calorie restriction has side effects, including hunger...problems. No one knows for sure how calorie restriction works. Most researchers think that...

Article: Calorie restriction may not increase human lifespan as it does in rodents
The Hindustan Times;  September 25, 2008 ;     465 words ......in St. Louis have revealed that calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories...discrepancy between humans and animals on calorie restriction. In the majority of the animal models...looked at IGF-1 in humans doing calorie restriction," said first author Luigi Fontana...

Article: Seeking the Low-Calorie Fountain of Youth; Severely Restricted Diets May Slow Aging Process
The Washington Post;  May 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......caloric restriction" can hold back the aging process by fundamentally altering basic metabolic...international online organization. The Calorie Restriction Society claims a membership of more...call themselves "CRONies" -- for calorie restriction optimal nutrition. Others eschew...

Article: Calorie restriction leads to some brain benefits but not others in mice.
Health & Medicine Week;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Severe calorie restriction prevents certain aging-related changes...underlying both normal aging and calorie restriction benefits, said principal investigator...numerous studies have shown severe calorie restriction helps animals live longer and resist...

Article: Genetic Regulator of Lifespan Identified; Gene That Extends Lifespan in Yeast Points to Paradigm Shift in Longevity Research; May Explain Life Extension via Calorie Restriction.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  May 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......yeast experience under calorie restriction. A yeast strain with...lifespan extension from calorie restriction is the result of an...known that severe calorie restriction extends the lives...it also slows the aging process and prevents cancer...part of the equation, ...

Article: Pulmonary effects of calorie restriction characterized.
Respiratory Therapeutics Week;  September 27, 2004 ;     409 words ......net) -- The effects of calorie restriction on alveolar loss and...have been clarified. Calorie restriction, followed by ad libitum...within 72 h of onset of calorie restriction (2/3 decreased daily...

Article: Symposium: Calorie restriction: Effects on body composition, insulin signaling and aging--introduction
The Journal of Nutrition;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......symposium on the effects of calorie restriction and the potential for calorie restriction mimetic therapies. The present symposium "Calorie Restriction: Effects on Body Composition, Insulin Signaling and Aging" was included in the Experimental...It is now recognized that ...

Article: Secret to a longer life? Dieting For monkeys in study, at least, calorie restriction works
International Herald Tribune;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......vital lives.This approach, called calorie restriction, involves eating about 30 percent...from direct genetic manipulation, calorie restriction is the only strategy known to extend...humans went so far as to claim that calorie restriction may be more effective than exercise...