Calorie Restriction - A diet to prevent aging?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Calorie restriction (CR) is a diet proven to improve wellbeing and maximum life span in rodents and primates, restricting calorie intake to a level 20-40% lower than is typical, while still obtaining all the necessary vitamins, minerals and other important nutrients. Though CR diet is described to be a longevity diet , a new US study carried out on monkeys showed that those whose calories were restricted to 30% below normal did not live longer. Learn more about calorie restriction diet and its effectiveness, by reading this book.

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2012
• EAN: 9786130140687
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14068-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine