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For older adults who have obeyed, he may seem overwhelming to think aboutCalorie control Lose weight and improve the markers of health, but a new study in the newspaperTraffic Offer good news: it does not take much to make a difference.

Researchers examined 160 sedentary adults aged 65 to 79 and attributed to participants to one of three groups: only exercise with their regular diet; exercise plus restriction of moderate calories of about 200 calories daily; and exercise plus a restriction of more intensive calories of about 600 calories a day. Cardiac health has been evaluated before, during and after the 20-week study period.

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Although participants in the two calorie restriction groups lost weight, only the moderate group of calories experienced a significant change in aortic stiffness measurements. According to Tina Brinkley, Tina Brinkley, in the format, author of the entire study and associate professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

"It is remarkable that the group with the highest calorie reduction had no improvement in aortic stiffness," she said, adding that they saw benefits in terms of body weight reduction and the arterial pressure. These results indicate thatEven a slight reduction of calories can be more beneficial than thought, it adds.

Aortic stiffness is an essential measure of how your cardiovascular system is that your cardiovascular system at your age. Although there is a certain level of stiffening that happens as you get older, risk factors such as the presence ofHypertension, diabetes and obesity can accelerate the process. Brinkley says that previous studies have indicated that lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity and healthy diet can be about to thwart this, even in people with chronic conditions.

With regard to the recent study, it will take more research to determine why the moderate group has had the most benefits, "she adds, but the outbreak here is that a reduction of the reduction seems to go a Long way in improving cardiac health - as well as a distribution of body fat.

Add exercise into the mixture can make these effects even more powerful and give older adults not only improvements in their body composition, but also theirbrain health Along way, Brinkley says.

"When you reinforce your heart with exercise and healthy diet, you also reinforce the connection of the brain body," she says.

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