MINUTES of a MONDAY #118
A couple of nuggets from me to you to get your week off to a flyer
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BRAIN FOOD: Slow Growth
“A team from the University’s Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine altered the growth rate of 240 fish by exposing them to brief cold or warm spells, which put them behind or ahead their normal growth schedule.
Once the environmental temperature was returned to normal, the fish got back on track by accelerating or slowing their growth accordingly. However, the change in growth rate also affected their rate of ageing.
While the normal lifespan of sticklebacks is around two years, the slow-growth fish lived for more than 30% longer, with an average lifespan of nearly 1000 days. In contrast, the accelerated-growth fish had a lifespan that was 15% shorter than normal.
These effects occurred despite all fish reaching the same adult size, and were even stronger when the rate of growth was increased by artificially manipulating the length of daylight the fish were exposed to, ‘tricking’ their bodies into growing faster to reach their target size before the start of the breeding season.
Professor Neil Metcalfe, who worked on the study, said: “You might well expect a machine built in haste to fail quicker than one put together carefully and methodically, and our study suggests that this may be true for bodies too. He goes on to say “Our work reveals for the first time that slowing the rate of growth below the normal rate can have long-term benefits.”
A University of Glasgow study from way back in 2012.
SOUL FOOD:
“A tree that grows quickly, rots quickly.”
Peter Wohlleben (the author of The Hidden Life of Trees)
LOL:
Actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza talks about having a stroke at 20:
APPENDIX:
“Money is more of a vaccine than a performance enhancing drug. It can prevent a lot of misery, but it won’t neccessarily make you happier.”
Attributed to
via Morgan HouselA.O.B.
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And until #119 next week - mind how you go out there - Niall