Search results for caloric expenditure
Eating less may not extend life
Jan 23, 2009 |
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If you are a mouse on the chubby side, then eating less may help you live longer.
Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages
Jan 06, 2009 |
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While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary ...
Walking often and far reduces risks in heart patients
May 11, 2009 |
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An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard cardiac rehabilitation in overweight coronary patients, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...
Study: Morbidly obese sedentary for more than 99 percent of day
Mar 25, 2009 |
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A new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 per ...
Health Tip: Are Vitamin Supplements Worthwhile or Not?
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You may be wondering at this point whether to toss those vitamins into your mouth or into the trash. That's not surprising since several recent reports have called the value of vitamins into question, leaving ...
Study of flies raises doubts about fasting leading to longer lives
Jul 14, 2009 |
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They're called "fruit flies" for a reason, and it sure isn't for lack of appetite. But like most animals, the pests typically lose their appetite when they get infected. We humans go them one better: Even when bug-free and ...
Glucose to glycerol conversion in long-lived yeast provides anti-aging effects
May 08, 2009 |
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Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life span of simple organisms. In a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, researchers from the Univer ...
Late-Night Snacks: Worse Than You Think
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eat less, exercise more. Now there is new evidence to support adding another "must" to the weight-loss mantra: eat at the right time of day.
Dieting won't add many years to life
Aug 30, 2005 |
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Scientists have found severely cutting calories for decades may add a few years to a human life span, but won't enable humans to live to 125 years or more.
Mouse study: When it comes to living longer, it's better to go hungry than go running
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May 14, 2008 |
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A study investigating aging in mice has found that hormonal changes that occur when mice eat significantly less may help explain an already established phenomenon: a low calorie diet can extend the lifespan of rodents, a ...
Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories discovered
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice. Their finding that the brain’s reward system is switched on by this “sixth sense” machinery could ...
Agent in red wine found to keep hearts young
Jun 04, 2008 |
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How, scientists wonder, do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats?
Impact of Menu-Labeling: Study Shows People Eat Less When They Know More
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The restaurant industry has lobbied hard against mandatory menu labeling in restaurants, highlighting the importance of a new study from Yale University measuring the impact of such regulations. ...
Want to lose weight? Try sleeping more
Jul 24, 2006 |
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If you want to lose weight, get more sleep. In a new article appearing in the current issue of Obesity Reviews, University of Michigan researcher Michael Sivak presents calculations showing that replacing one hour of ina ...
Study: New lifespan extension genes found
Sep 30, 2005 |
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Researchers at the Harvard Medical School in New Haven, Conn., and the University of California-Davis report finding new genes tied to lifespan.
