Opposites do attract! Couples who are too similar to each other, both physically and in personality, are less likely to have a long lasting relationship, a new study has claimed.
Personality experts found the secret to a lasting relationship is not being too close to each other but as close as makes you happy — even if that means being very different. Couples who seem to agree with each other all the time may find they are actually too close for comfort, found the study by Columbia University. Researchers conducted three years of psychological profiles on 732 adult men and women who were questioned on their relationships, levels of intimacy and overall satisfaction, the Daily Mail reported.
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Low-protein diet may slow down Alzheimer’s
Washington: Low-protein diet may slow down Alzheimer’s and boost memory, a new study has found.
Mice with many of the pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease showed fewer signs of the disease when given a protein-restricted diet supplemented with specific amino acids every other week for four months.
Mice at advanced stages of the disease were put on the new diet. They showed improved cognitive abilities over their non-dieting peers when their memory was tested using mazes. In addition, fewer of their neurones contained abnormal levels of a damaged protein, called “tau” which accumulates in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Dietary protein is the major dietary regulator of a growth hormone known as IGF-1, which has been associated with ageing. — PTI