dietary restriction

In Chapter 1, “Why We Love Fad Diets,” authors Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill explain the American propensity to take shortcuts to weight loss.

Human beings are susceptible to the latest nutritional trends, regardless of their actual biological value.

Coupling a diet low in calories, sugar, and protein with existing cancer drugs treats triple-negative breast cancer in mice, and low blood glucose is associated with better cancer outcomes in human patients.

A study identifies a gene that appears to be partially responsible for the health effects of a limited diet.

The unbalanced gut flora present in some people with autism is not a driver of the condition but rather a consequence of eating behaviors characteristic of the condition, a new study claims.

A large study seeks to answer whether a man’s childhood diet has transgenerational repercussions.

Large-scale genomic studies of anorexia and bulimia are turning up clues about the conditions’ development and persistence.

Findings from a randomized, controlled trial finds that reducing food intake decreases metabolism and reduces oxidative damage to tissues and cells.

Maintaining dynamic connections among the body’s mitochondria is required for the health and life-extending benefits of low-calorie diets for nematodes.

Food restriction decreases a metabolite that impedes associative learning in worms. 

Regularly taking breaks from eating—for hours or days—can trigger changes both expected, such as in metabolic dynamics and inflammation, and surprising, as in immune system function and cancer progression.

Intact growth hormone signaling pathways are needed for methionine restriction to extend mouse lifespan.