Category: Longevity

Protein balance helps longevity

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Longevity may depend more on balanced protein intake than eating less, according to research by the Wellcome Trust and University College London, published in Nature magazine this week.

Over the past few years scientists have concluded from experiments with fruit flies and rats that restricting an animal's food intake can extend its life but at the cost of its fertility.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e852ef3a-e075-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html