Honey-rich diet may keep you young
| September 13, 2007 |  View for printing |
PERHAPS Winnie the Pooh knows something we don't. Honey could soon be marketed as a way to combat the effects of ageing.
Lynne Chepulis and Nicola Starkey of the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, raised rats on diets containing 10 per cent honey, 8 per cent sucrose, or no sugar at all for 12 months. The rats were two months old at the start of the trial, and were assessed every three months using tests designed to measure anxiety and spatial memory.
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