Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1990 TAG: 9003280510
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/3 EDITION: EVENING
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DATELINE: DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. LENGTH: Short
Scientists found that the more calories were restricted, while avoiding malnutrition, the more lifespan was extended and the longer cancer was delayed, Richard Weindruch of the National Institute on Aging said at a science writers seminar sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
In one experiment Weindruch described, 57 female mice ate a diet of 85 calories a week from age 3 weeks, while 60 others were put on a 40-calorie diet.
Mice eating the low-calorie diet showed a 35 percent longer average lifetime and less than half the risk of tumors. The cancers they did get appeared at later ages.
Gerald Murphy, chief medical officer of the cancer society, said he believed that humans can help lower their cancer risk by reducing calories along with moderate reductions in fat.
-Associated Press
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