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Article: Aging gracefully with thymus extract, DHEA, yoga and calorie restriction.(Therapeutic Nutrition)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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Aging, like the weather, is a subject everyone talks about but no one seems able to do much about. Theories and nostrums abound, from wrinkle creams to hormone supplements, many with compelling evidence in their favor, but none has earned the consensus of the scientific community, save one. There is substantial and accepted evidence that caloric restriction (CR) can increase lifespan by at least 30% in every animal tested. So far these experiments have indicated that the maximum effect is reached at a 33% reduction in daily calories, but a more modest 10% is presumed to have at least some beneficial effect. They also suggest that a longer interval between meals is an ...
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