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Low-calorie diet prevents age-related molecular changes

Short-term diets may accelerate the manifestation of aging symptoms

25-May-2018

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Epigenetic changes strongly influence the way the genes operate.

Methylation in humans changes in different areas with age.

Harvard Medical School studied methylation in mice as they aged.

Changes become more evident at an older age.

Long-term low-calorie diet displayed slower age-related changes.

Short-term cuts in calories instead made them even faster.

The study was published in the Aging Cell journal.

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Aging Cell

Scientific journal devoted to age related diseases

Alexander Tyshkovskiy

Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

Multidisciplinary science and tech university.

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Calorie Restriction