Nutrition - Calorie restriction to retard aging and increase longevity - 06/05/08
Eric Le Bourg
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• Calorie restriction increases longevity in rodents, delays the onset of certain diseases and has positive effects on ageing.
• Studies are ongoing in non-human primates.
• Eight persons following such a diet for 2 years reacted as anticipated (loss of body weight and fat, decrease in glycaemia and body temperature, etc.).
• Calorie restriction perhaps teaches us more on the means of resisting malnutrition than on ageing in normal dietary conditions.
• Calorie restriction is a tool for research, but it should not be recommended by practitioners, notably in elderly patients.
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