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The skinny on fat
Fat in the liver -- not the belly -- is a better marker for disease risk
Aug. 24,
2009 -- New findings from nutrition researchers at the School of Medicine suggest that it's not whether body fat is stored in the belly that affects metabolic risk factors for diabetes, high blood triglycerides and cardiovascular disease, but whether it collects in the liver. They report online in the journal PNAS Early Edition that when fat collects in the liver, people experience serious metabolic problems such as insulin resistance, which affects the body's ability to metabolize sugar.
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Study investigates potential anti-aging drug
Red wine compound may help slow aging process
June 10,
2009 -- For years, scientists have known that red wine can provide certain health benefits. Regular red wine drinkers often have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, as well as other disorders associated with aging. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are studying the active ingredient in red wine to see whether it might enhance longevity in some people.
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Liver fat key to diabetes, heart disease
Apple or pear shape is not main culprit to heart woes — it's liver fat
Dec. 3,
2008 -- Pear-shaped people who carry weight in the thighs and backside have been told for years they are at lower risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than apple-shaped people who carry fat in the abdomen. But in two studies, School of Medicine researchers report that body shape isn't the only marker of risk. Excess liver fat appears to be the key to insulin resistance, cholesterol abnormalities and other problems that contribute to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Belly fat may be innocent bystander
United Press International
and 2 others
Aug. 26,
2009 -- Belly fat has long been blamed for obesity-related disease but it may actually only be something of an innocent bystander, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Liver fat may be the important risk factor for obesity-related metabolic disorders often linked to diabetes, heart disease and other diseases. Includes comments by senior investigator and WUSTL nutrition expert Samuel Klein.
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Permanent diet may equal longer life
Los Angeles Times
and 8 others
July 10,
2009 -- Evidence has been mounting for years that the practice of caloric restriction — essentially, going on a permanent diet — greatly reduces the risk of age-related diseases and even postpones death. Now, in a much-anticipated HIH study, many of the same benefits have been demonstrated in primates, the best evidence yet that caloric restriction would help people. Includes comments by WUSTL nutritional science expert Luigi Fontana.
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Low-fat? Low-carbs? Answering best diet question
CNN.com
Feb. 26,
2009 -- The dieting world screams with contradictory advice, but a new study says the key is reducing calories. WUSTL nutrition expert Luigi Fontana, who studies the effects of calorie restriction on longevity, comments.
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Fountain Of Youth In A Wine Rx?
CBS 60 Minutes
Jan. 26,
2009 -- Morley Safer meets with members of CRS, the Calorie Restriction Society, a group that's been severely restricting their calories for years now. They are also part of a WUSTL study to see if this kind of self-denial make them live longer, healthier lives.
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Never Say Die
Newsweek
and 1 others
Dec. 8,
2008 -- Anne Underwood writes on the biology of aging and anti-aging research being done by scientists, including WUSTL nutritional sciences professor Luigi Fontana, who is tracking the progress of 45 members of the Calorie Restriction Society.
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