Eating less may delay aging
The feeding is essential throughout our lives. Therefore it is important to take a balanced diet, We provide all the nutrients needed to maintain good health. Similarly, excessive consumption of calories, and diets high in fats and sugars have very negative effects on health, causing problems such as overweight and favoring the emergence of long-term illnesses.
Furthermore, it is now known that eating less may delay the process aging. According to a study by the Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, A moderate reduction in daily calories that we not only have positive effects on health, but also delay the aging and serve to prevent the onset of disease own old age. The study, 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 develop therapies and drugs to keep our young brain longer and delay the aging process.
The molecule CREB1 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, further reducing the calories that they contributed to rodents, the aging process suffered no variation.
Despite this great discovery, one must keep in mind that variable is only one of the 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 this study will in future develop drugs to slow the aging process and typical diseases that accompany it.