08-07-2017, 12:52 AM
(08-06-2017, 10:26 PM)Diana Wrote: I can tell you that calorie restriction is one of the few (or possibly the only) laboratory-proven ways to significantly extend life. Aubrey de Grey has pioneered this work. Here he is in a TedTalk:
I did some research on this, and it turns out that calorie restriction works really well in short-lived species (nemotodes; fruit flies), and less well in long-lived species (like humans).