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Why reducting calories make you live longer?
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Very good question: Caloric restriction is the most widely-tested means of extending the maximum lifespan of nearly every species to which it has been applied. Scientists have asked the same question as you have since the phenomena was first reported in 1935 by Dr. Clive McKay. More recently, extensive work has been done by the late Dr. Roy Walford, Drs. Richard Weindruch, Ed Masoro, and many others. See Comment
Answered 5/29/2016
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