Researchers have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread and growth rate. Image: 3D model of glucose molecule. The research has wide-ranging potential in age-related science, including ways in which calorie-intake restriction… [Continue Reading]
Human Brain Shifts Into Higher Gear During Exercise
September 30, 2008 By 1 Comment
Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers, the brain, just like muscle, works harder during strenuous exercise and is fueled by lactate, rather than glucose. Not only does this finding help explain why the brain is able to… [Continue Reading]