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Today: Diets and Calorie Restriction
In class activity:Of the diets that you researched:Which would be best for losing weight?Which would be best for maintaining a healthy weight?
Complex molecules are broken down and then used to build needed molecules and to produce energy
The Calorie Restriction Societyfor people trying to live longer by eating fewer calories
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YTQR7o9ap9Y
http://www.calorierestriction.org/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/30/eveningnews/main1172297.shtml
http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;315/5815/1133
http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;315/5812/584
Calorie Restriction related websites:
Regulation of Drosophila Life Span by Olfaction and Food-Derived OdorsS Libert, J Zwiener, X Chu, W VanVoorhies, G Roman, S PletcherScience Vol. 315:1133 - 113723 February 2007
Calorie Restricted Flies Normal Diet Flies
Reduced calories increase lifespan in flies
Fig 1
Calorie Restricted Flies Normal Diet Flies
Smelling food reduces life span in CR flies
Fig 1
Flies with a poor sense of smell live longer Or83b is a gene involved in the fly’s sense of smell
Fig 2A
Fig 4B
Flies lacking the Or83b gene are resistant to
starvation
Calorie Restricted Flies Normal Diet Flies
Smelling food reduces life span in CR flies
Fig 1
Ageing Research ReviewsVolume 4, Issue 3, August 2005, Pages 339-350
Why dietary restriction substantially increases longevity in animal models but won’t in humans
Reproduction reduces survival
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Ageing Research ReviewsVolume 4, Issue 3, August 2005, Pages 339-350
Why dietary restriction substantially increases longevity in animal models but won’t in humans
decreased calories =decreased reproduction
and humans do not put much energy into reproduction
JAMA, November 7, 2007—Vol 298, No. 17 pg 2028-37
Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associatedwith Underweight, Overweight, and ObesityFlegal KM et alJAMA, November 7, 2007—Vol 298, No. 17 pg 2028-37
Overweight (BMI 25-30) people live longer than normal (BMI 18.5-25), underweight (BMI<18.5), or obese (BMI>30) people
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