Looking For The Founatain Of Youth? Cut Your Calories, Research Suggests

Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

In addition to reducing one's risk for many common diseases, new research found that calorie restriction may slow the aging process. Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice. Calorie restriction - cutting approximately 300 to 500 calories per day - had a similar biological effect in humans, and, therefore, may slow the aging process.

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