[ExI] starving monkeys

[spike]

Severe Diet Doesn't Prolong Life, at Least in Monkeys


By GINA KOLATA
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/gina_kolata/in
dex.html> 


 

>.For 25 years, the rhesus monkeys were kept semi-starved, lean and hungry.
The males' weights were so low they were the equivalent of a 6-foot-tall man
who tipped the scales at just 120 to 133 pounds. The hope was that if the
monkeys lived longer, healthier lives by eating a lot less, then maybe
people, their evolutionary cousins, would, too. Some scientists,
anticipating such benefits, began severely restricting their own diets. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/science/low-calorie-diet-doesnt-prolong-li
fe-study-of-monkeys-finds.html?_r=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/science/low-calorie-diet-doesnt-prolong-l
ife-study-of-monkeys-finds.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1346426271-s1lPqKQHeUe
oVHGYFUtjGw> &adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1346426271-s1lPqKQHeUeoVHGYFUtjGw

 

 

This study really caught my attention because of the second sentence.  I am
a six-ft tall man and my weight is right in the middle of the range they
give to describe the monkeys they kept "semi-starved, lean and hungry."  On
a side note, the window of opportunity to replicate these tests may be
closing.  Animal rights activists may eventually shut down all such efforts.

 

spike  

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