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Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction

April 07, 2014

NF-Apr7-Caloric-Restriction-vs.-Animal-Protein-Restriction-460x200.jpg?fcddf1The lifespan extension associated with dietary restriction may be due less to a reduction in calories, and more to a reduction in animal protein (particularly the amino acid leucine, which may accelerate aging via the enzyme TOR).