Caloric restriction improves memory... [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009]
<p>Oct 19, 2011 10:00 PM  great study!   open access, full text !
 
average bmi was 28 in this group.   avg age 60.5
 
50 subjects;
 
3 months of intervention...
 
signif incr in verbal memory score = + 20% !!!! p <.001
 
from Univ of Munster.
 
by Witte, Fobker, Gellner et al  in  PNAS 2009.
 
note:  no change in the group that simply incr % of UFAs
 
CONCLUSION:  this is the <b>FIRST empirical evidence for the effect in humans</b>:
<b>CR improves memory in the elderly</b> !
 
incr insulin sensitivity and reduced inflam activity as mediating mechs => higher synaptic plasticity and stim of
neuroprotective pathways.
 
 
 
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