Calorie Restriction Does Not Affect Survival: Study Of Monkeys Also Suggests Some Health Benefits
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have found that calorie restriction -- a diet composed of approximately 30 percent fewer calories but with the same nutrients of a standard diet -- does not extend years of life or reduce age-related deaths in a 23-year study of rhesus monkeys. However, calorie restriction did extend certain aspects of health.