Low-calorie dietThe rodents were divided intotwo groups. One group ate only low-calorie foods. The other ate whatever they wanted, but regularly exercised on a squirrel wheel. Then the experts assessed the results of the experiment. The scientists found that the mice that followed the diet lived longer than those that exercised and ate whatever they wanted. At the same time, the rodents that received unlimited food and did not exercise lived the shortest. Similar studies were conducted on people, and the advantage of fasting over exercise was also obvious. However, the study cannot be called complete, because many of its participants could not withstand prolonged hunger - they complained of chills and drowsiness. However, the head of the study, Derek Huffman, believes that the results of the experiment can be very useful for people, because they are more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases than mice. And fasting helps prevent them. "These are just preliminary results," says Derek Huffman, "but we intend to continue studying how calorie restriction affects physiological processes in the human body." Based on materials from Science Daily.
