8.29.2012

Or would you rather be a yeast?

Monkeys fed a severely low-calorie diet didn’t live longer than their normal-diet peers, a 23-year study showed, contradicting research that suggests living thin on greatly curtailed food intake extends lifespans.…Since the 1930s, reducing food intake has been shown to boost the lifespan of yeast, worms, rats, flies and some mice.
Bloomberg 

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