Strict diet combats aging diseases

woensdag 24 augustus 2016 20:00

Mice with a severe aging disease live three times longer if they eat thirty percent less. Moreover, they age much healthier than mice that eat as much as they want. These are the findings of a joint study published today by Erasmus MC and RIVM in the leading scientific journal Nature. The results can be very important for children with an aging disease who now still die very young. These findings may eventually facilitate unraveling the causes of other age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.