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Article: Seeking the Low-Calorie Fountain of Youth; Severely Restricted Diets May Slow Aging Process
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 4, 2004
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As the rest of the nation has been supersizing, a small cadre of
Americans such as Francesca Skelton have been radically downsizing
their diets -- not to slim down their physiques but to slow down the
hands of time.
Skelton is an adherent to the theory that "caloric restriction"
can hold back the aging process by fundamentally altering basic
metabolic functions in ways that protect the body from decaying as
quickly.
So for years, the District grandmother and others like her have
been eating often radical diets carefully calibrated to slash
calories they consume each day while still providing their bodies
with the nutrients they need.
It is an idea that, while unproven, has been steadily ...