RE: AGING: Eat more, weigh less, live longer?

From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Sun Jan 26 2003 - 22:33:02 MST


From: Robert J. Bradbury [mailto:bradbury@aeiveos.com]
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993303

> May require people re-thinking the entire free radical
> and/or caloric restriction perspectives.

It's worth noting that the life extension from blocking the insulin
receptor gene is less than the life extension from CR (18% vs.
30-40%). So it's quite possible that reduction of free radical damage
and reduction of fat accumulation both extend life and do so in an
additive manner.

mez



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