| There has been a buzz of excitement going around | | | | mammals such as mice, it promises to shed light on |
| within the scientific community with the new findings | | | | the biological pathways involved in human ageing. The |
| of the relationship between high protein diets and | | | | hope is that it could eventually prove possible to |
| longevity. A recent research made with fruit flies | | | | manipulate these with drugs to allow people to live |
| reveals that a diet with the right amount of protein in | | | | longer. However, the downside to low calorie diet is, |
| the proper combination can be a big contributing | | | | it severely affects the fertility rate in animals that |
| factor to a long and healthy life. Fruit flies that feed | | | | were fed with low calorie foods. By limiting calorie |
| on protein foods that were scientifically manipulated | | | | intake decreased fertility and this is certainly not a |
| lives much longer and enjoy a healthier life without | | | | good option for people who wish to enjoy a full and |
| any decrease in their fertility rate. | | | | well-balanced lifestyle. |
| While this is indeed a promising discovery, more tests | | | | The results of a research done by the Institute of |
| are needed to be conducted on the mammals | | | | Healthy Ageing in London, clearly spells you promising |
| especially laboratory rats ion order to derive a more | | | | ability that the high protein diet has compared to the |
| relevant and solid factual evidence that eating high | | | | low calorie diet. Scientists have identified a particular |
| amounts of protein can lead to a longer lifespan in | | | | amino acid - the methionine, which is responsible for |
| humans. | | | | such results. When methionine was added to a low |
| Research revels that by manipulating the pattern of | | | | calorie diet, it enables the subjects to enjoy a longer |
| diet, it is possible to enhance the total lifespan of | | | | lifespan without any decrease in fertility. |
| humans and enable them to lead longer and healthier | | | | It seems that by manipulating the make up of |
| lifestyles. Individuals on a low calorie diet for instance, | | | | proteins in the laboratory it is possible to create new |
| enjoy a leaner and trimmer body than those on high | | | | and interesting effects on the subjects consuming |
| calorie diets. The same effects are produced when | | | | those carefully prepared protein diets. Methionine is |
| calorie restrictions are used on worms, mice and flies | | | | found in abundance in foods such as nuts, seeds and |
| in laboratory research so the results derived from the | | | | other high protein diets foods such as those used in |
| initial experiments with fruit flies certainly have a | | | | the Dr Atkins diet program. Meat, fish and nuts that |
| glimmer of hope to be able to produce similar effects | | | | are common in the Dr Atkins diet meals and are rich |
| on humans. | | | | in methionine. |
| Although the effect has yet to be identified in | | | | |