HUEC 3010 Chapter : Nutrition And Longevity
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Magic pill or maybe even the discovery of the fountain of youth to avoid being . Aging causes a fundamental shift in metabolic processes. Age changes are seen in: plasma triglycerides, melatonin, cellular oxidation, glucose tolerance, aging and endocrine function with aging. Growth hormone: lower levels of growth hormone / cellular growth. Gonadotropic hormones (lh/fsh: lower levels of estradiol / testosterone. Longevity involves both length of life and quality of life. On the other hand, life expectancy is a statistic which measures the average life span expected for a particular age group. How do we compare to other species: diet and aging. Reducing the calories fed to lab mice and rats enables the animals to live longer. Studies in monkeys demonstrate the same phenomenon. Diets with 30% less total kcals show lower mortality rate than control monkeys: theories. Decreased cell division / production of free radicals. Reduced levels of methionine: cr society international: http://www. crsociety. org/
