An Article Worthy of Attention
Posted:
2016-05-09
Recent research in mice suggests a link between modifiable lifestyle factors, particularly poor diet and lack of exercise, and the biological processes of aging. The researchers found that the fast food diet caused adverse changes in body weight, body composition, as well as markers of physical and metabolic health. They also found that those mice randomized to exervise did not develop the adverse health markers. See a March 2016 Mayo Clinic news article for more information: Poor Diet, Lack of Exercise Accelerate Onset of Age-related Conditions in Mice. The control diet was a usual healthy lab diet for mice and the intervention diet was four times higher in fat and 10 to 15 times higher in sucrose, saturated fat and cholesterol where the mice on the fast food diet received high fructose corn syrup in the drinking water (42g/L). Keep a watch out for more human research in this area to see if it could have a potential impact on practice. This research was published in Diabetes, Exercise Prevents Diet-induced Cellular Senescence in Adipose Tissue .Exercise Prevents Diet-induced Cellular Senescence in Adipose Tissue