Caloric restriction may prevent disease increase life span

Tuesday 4th August 2009 HCFI: A new study published in science has gathered a front-page response in most of the USA newspapers. The study talks about ancient Indian philosophy” the less you eat the more you live” said Dr KK Aggarwal President, Heart Care Foundation of India, BSNL Dil Ka Darbar, MTNL Perfect Health Mela and IMA AKN Sinha Institute. It’s a yogic
saying that who eats once a day becomes yogi, eats twice a day becomes bhogi and eats thrice day becomes rogi.

On the eve of Raksha Bandhan Dr Aggarwal said that based on these studies one should not give eatables with refines carbohydrates, saturated fat and chocolates to       their sister or brother on the rakhi day.

What US papers have reported In a front-page story, the New York Times (7/10, A1, Wade) reports that, according to research published in the journal Science, "people could...fend off the usual diseases of old age and considerably extend their life span by following a special diet." The approach, "known as caloric restriction," contains "all the normal healthy ingredients, but" with "30 percent fewer calories than usual." Past research has shown that "mice kept on such a diet from birth" may "live up to 40 percent longer than comparison mice        fed     normally. "To investigate whether the same would "be true in people," researchers began "two studies of rhesus monkeys" over "20 years ago."

The Wall Street Journal (7/10, Winstein) reports that findings from one of those studies "appear to validate" the "technique...as a way to live longer," providing "new impetus to researchers and companies" that "are searching for a drug to mimic the beneficial effects of a meager diet in humans without the feeling of near-starvation." The study "began in 1989 with 30 rhesus monkeys and added 46 more in 1994." Researchers restricted "half the monkeys' diets, reducing their calories by 30 percent, when the monkeys were fully grown, or about 10 years old."