Your Body's Smart Budget: How Immunity Adapts When Food Is Scarce
When you eat fewer calories, your body has to make tough choices about where to spend its energy. A new study shows that your immune system is smarter than we …
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What Mothers Eat While Nursing Affects Kids' Brain and Metabolism
Researchers studied what happens when nursing mothers eat very little food during the breastfeeding period. Using rat mothers and their babies, they found that …
Read MoreEating Less May Help Cells Pass On Healthy DNA
Scientists discovered something interesting about how cells pass on their genetic instructions. When yeast cells eat less food (caloric restriction), they're …
Read MoreEating Less Slows Your Metabolism More Than Expected, Study Shows
Scientists studied people who ate 25% fewer calories for two years and found something surprising. Even after accounting for their smaller body size and less …
Read MoreFasting Every Other Day May Help Prostate Cancer Treatment Work Better
Scientists studied whether eating less could help prostate cancer treatments work better. They found that when mice with prostate cancer fasted every other …
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