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Calorie Restriction and Life Extension

Every study done on any species has shown that calorie restriction expands lifespan.  A recent study (via David Lat's Facebook) was done on earth worms:Sometimes it?s not what you eat, but when you eat it. At least when it comes to longevity diets. For some time, scientists have known that animals kept on a strict diet live longer than their well-fed peers. But this Methuselah meal plan is no ordinary just-say-no-to-that-second-slice of pie kind of diet. To reap the life-extending benefits, some of these animals cut their calorie consumption in half. Such a diet might be do-able for captive mice and monkeys, but it would be a tough sell for people. Then, five years ago, studies in mice suggested that intermittent fasting would work just as well...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).