왕성한 성관계를 ...

**FILE PHOTO** June Tang reaches for some cherry tomatoes to put in her salad

during lunch Nov. 11, 2004, at the Clemson University Dining Hall in Clemson, S.C.

(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

열심히 운동하면 나이 들었도 부부관계를 왕성하게 즐긴다고 한다.

핵심은 심장이다. 혈액순환을 왕성하게 하는 심장운동이 그 주가 된다고 한다.

굳이 운동으로 심장의 혈액을 왕성케 할 수 없다면 저칼로리 식단 식품을 선호하여

동일한 왕성함을 나타낸다고 한다. 즐거움을 못준다면 상대는 즐거움 참맛 찾아 떠난다

저칼로리로 젊은 심장을 유지하여 뜨거운 피를 돌린다면 매력적인 인간관계가 불탄다.

그러니 언제라도 왕성항 성관계라는 가장 중요한 관계 형성이...

Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young

By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

ST. LOUIS - A very low calorie diet can help the heart age more slowly, according to researchers

who released what they call the first-ever human study on the subject.

The findings confirmed earlier studies on mice and rats that demonstrate the cardiac benefits of a restricted

calorie diet. The study looked at the heart function of 25 members of the Caloric Restriction Society, ages 41 to 64,

who consume 1,400 to 2,000 nutritionally balanced calories per day. They were compared to 25 people who eat

a typical Western diet, consuming 2,000 to 3,000 daily calories on average.

The result: Those limiting caloric intake had the heart functions of much younger people ? typically about

15 years younger than their age. Ultrasound exams showed group members had hearts that appeared more

elastic than most people their age; their hearts were also able to relax between beats in a way similar to hearts

in younger people. "This is the first study to demonstrate that long-term calorie restriction with optimal nutrition

has cardiac-specific effects that (delay or reverse) age-associated declines in heart function," said Luigi Fontana,

lead author and assistant professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.

The study will be published Tuesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling

a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid

refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories.

For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate,

regular exercise.

Research on mice and rats indicated that life span can be stretched by about 30 percent with stringent and

consistent caloric restriction. That research also suggested that restricting calories can help prevent cancer.

Heart attacks and strokes cause about 40 percent of deaths in Western countries, researchers said. Cancer

causes another 30 percent. Fontana said those deaths are attributable to "secondary aging" from high cholesterol,

diabetes, high blood pressure and other often-preventable conditions.

While it has long been known that a healthy diet and exercise can reduce risks, the study suggests that caloric

restriction combined with optimal nutrition can do even more.

Fontana said most participants in the study had immediate relatives who suffered heart attacks or strokes, so

it was unlikely their genetic makeup was a contributing factor to their unusually healthy hearts.

"We don't know how long each individual will end up living, but they certainly have a longer life expectancy than

average because they're most likely not going to die from a heart attack, stroke or diabetes," said professor O.

Holloszy, who worked on the study. "And if, in fact, their hearts are aging more slowly, it's conceivable they'll live

for a very long time."

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