date:Feb 20, 2013
ell the mice fed with the restricted protein diet also found fewer of the mices neurons contained abnormal levels of damaged tau protein, which is known to accumulate in the brains of Alzheimers patients.
Dietary protein is the major dietary regulator of a growth hormone known as IGF-1, which has been associated with aging and diseases in mice and several diseases in older adults.
Upcoming studies by USC Professor Valter Longo, who led the study, will attempt to determine whether humans resp