Month: April 2009

The 17th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine’s Spring 2009 Session was held April 23-25th 2009, the event sponsored by The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: More than 2,600 participants from the medical, scientific, and business arenas convened for the 17th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine’s Spring 2009 Session. Held April 23-25th in Florida,…

I’m still thinking about the Calorie Restriction Diet and to be honest, I’m still not sold: “Living longer is certainly tantalizing, but anyone who is doing this to slow their rate of aging might be on a goose chase,” said Bob Cavanaugh, spokesman for the Calorie Restriction Society, a nonprofit organization. You may find this…

http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/04/20/when_unhealthy_foods_hijack_overeaters_brains/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Health+news Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler’s brain…(Former FDA Commissioner)…research suggests millions share what he calls “conditioned hypereating” — a willpower-sapping drive to eat high-fat, high-sugar foods even when they’re not hungry. Sound familiar? “The food industry has figured out what works. They know what drives people to keep on eating,” Kessler tells The Associated Press.…

Is living longer worth the price of spending it in perpetual dietary misery? Janet Raloff poses this exact question on Science News – http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/43015/title/Coming_Ersatz_calorie_restriction Janet was covering the Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans.  She picks out a nugget concerning Avacados, which may offer an alternative.  She describes the potential for a dietary supplement that…