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Written by Mark Moxom
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Because a reduced
Carbohydrate/ Higher protein diet is more satisfying to your body, you generally
end up eating less than you would if you ate like so many others.
This
has the marvellous effect of reducing your calorie intake.
Research from
the University of California has shown that a reduction in calorie intake by as
little as 5% give your body’s cells more time to repair any damage to its DNA.
If this was not repaired then a mutated cell could reproduce and thus starts the
first step towards cancer developing.
Professor M Hellerstein the
University of California Berkley explains that - Normally, a cell will try to
fix any damage to its DNA. But if it divides before it has a chance to fix the
damage then it becomes memorialised as a mutation in the resulting offspring
cells. Slowing down the rate of cell proliferation essentially buys time for
the cells to repair generic damage.
Obviously, we only want healthy
cells to reproduce. There are two trains of thought here. If the body is not
overloaded in having to process unused food, then more resources are available
for it to look after itself more efficiently. Also, eating too much means that
the body almost immediately converts the unwanted food to fat - that’s building
cells in rapid succession, thus reducing the time available for proper DNA
formation.
Trials on mice have shown that reducing calorie intake by only
5% was almost as effective as a 30+% reduction. In reducing the amount of
(malformed) cell proliferation in skin, breast and T cells, another effect was
an increase in life span.
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