Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Study finds monkeys on low-calorie diets live longer, healthier lives


For decades, a group of rhesus monkeys has been under observation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Half were randomly selected to eat as much as they desired for the rest of their lives, while the rest were stuck on nutritious, but heavily restricted diets consisting of 30 percent fewer calories. The number of monkeys has slowly dwindled over the years, with scientists taking notes on how each one died.


Now, 25 years since the study first started, the researchers have published their latest results. The control monkeys, which were on unrestricted diets, had roughly a three times greater risk of age-related death and disease than those that were calorie restricted. Of the 38 monkeys on each diet, 28 of the control monkeys died...


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