Caloric restriction extends rodent lifespan
Clive McCay, Mary Crowell and Leonidas Maynard at Cornell report that rats fed a restricted but nutritionally adequate diet from a young age live substantially longer than freely fed controls. It is the founding result of experimental gerontology and, ninety years later, still the most reproducible one.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Caloric restriction · process · not located
Evidence
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The effect of retarded growth upon the length of life span and upon the ultimate body size
Supports the founding demonstration that dietary restriction extends rodent lifespan. V55 verification basis: not retrieved in this session.
The Journal of Nutrition · 1935 · Partly verified
McCay C.M., Crowell M.F. and Maynard L.A., The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 10, 1935
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