Sitting on a diet will not only lose weight, but also increase mental capacity, scientists believe. This is due to the activation of a specific protein that helps the brain to remain young and in a working condition, writes The Sydney Morning Herald.

Scientists advise to seriously limit the intake of calories, since this makes it possible to "include" genes associated with normal brain function. This statement was proved by the example of rodents. And earlier the experts found out that low-calorie diet prolongs life expectancy, reduces the risk of dementia and other ailments.

However, until recently they did not know exactly how this happens.

The opening was made by the employees of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. They found that a decrease in caloric intake led to the activation of the protein CREB1. And he "included" genes,.

associated with a longer life expectancy. Scientists believe:

they will be able to use this discovery to obtain drugs that preserve the youthfulness of the brain.

By the way, it has already been established that CREB1 plays a key role in terms of memory and learning.

But in mice, whose calorie intake was reduced by 30%, its activation was noted. As a result, animals lived a third longer, they remembered things better and reasoned, suffered less from obesity, diabetes, they developed dementia more slowly and less aggression.

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