Anti Aging
Eating Less may Delay Aging
Food is essential throughout our lives. So it is important to lead a balanced diet, we provide all the nutrients needed to maintain good health. Similarly, excessive consumption of calories and diets rich in fats and sugars have very negative effects on health, causing problems such as overweight and favoring the appearance of long-term illnesses.
In addition, it has now emerged that eating less may delay the aging process. According to a study by the Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, a moderate reduction in daily calories we not only have positive effects on health, but also delay aging and would prevent the emergence of diseases of old age. The work, which has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that the key would be in a molecule called CREB1.
It would be the first time identified an important indicator of the effects that diet has on the brain. This discovery opens the door to further investigations which are designed to develop therapies and drugs to keep our brains young longer and delay the aging process.
The CREB1 molecule would be present in neurons and other cells of the body, and would put into operation when the body is subjected to a restriction on the calorie level that gives (the study limited to 25-30% of daily needs). It was found that increasing activity, this molecule triggers different molecules that are associated with longevity, such as sirtuins.
The researchers tested mice. They found that removing the molecule from your body, still reducing the calories that they contributed to rodents, the aging process suffered no variation.
Despite this great find, one must bear in mind that is just one variable of many that would be part of the mystery of aging. Similarly, we must take into account a limited intake of calories has negative consequences on health. Therefore, we must be cautious and expect that this study enable future development of drugs to slow the aging process and the typical diseases that accompany it.