http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:03:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/caloric-restriction-for-long-l.html http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/caloric-restriction-for-long-l.html#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:11:01 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=178662 But, as Nature News points out, those results aren't always consistent from study-to-study—a fact which suggests we don't really understand all the factors in play just yet. In fact, the new rhesus study flatly contradicts a previous rhesus study. But that previous experiment could have been flawed because control monkeys were fed high-sugar foods in unlimited quantities, rather than a reasonable, healthy diet. Basically, if animals really do live longer on super-low calorie diets, there's probably more going on there than just super-low calorie diets.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/caloric-restriction-for-long-l.html/feed 14