Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Everitt, Arthur V. (Editor), Rattan, Suresh I. S. (Editor), Couteur, David G. le (Editor), Cabo, Rafael de (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Geriatrics.; Oxidative stress.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Oxidative Stress.

Food or calorie restriction has been shown in many short-lived animals and the rhesus monkey to prolong life-span. Life-long nutrition studies are not possible in humans because of their long survival. Studies over two to six years in healthy adult humans have, however, shown that a 20% reduction in...