Cereal and fruits appear to spill upward from a small white bowl. ustard colored background. Calorie restriction alters methylation and causes changes that suggest slower aging.
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Can Calorie Restriction Slow Aging?

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
4 min readFeb 19, 2023

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WE CAN SLOW OUR AGING PACE by about two to three percent if we lower our caloric intake by one-quarter. Can calorie restriction slow aging? The answer might be yes, according to a new multi-institutional research study.

Today we examine this first-of-its-kind randomized study in humans. Researchers recently published the study results in Nature Aging.

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com