Definitely a lot more research required here but I think the intermittent fasting research is pretty interesting and promising. Particularly with the result that dietary restriction achieved by nutrient dilution rather than fasting didn't extend lifespan (Solon-Biet et al., 2014). Easy to imagine that our ancestors didn't have access to food all the time and our metabolisms are geared to fast periodically.<p>In the mean time I'll probably stick with the Michael Pollan approach to diet - 'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.'
I'm disappointed that the dietary interventions did not include a ketogenic diet as there has been recent evidence that such a diet is competitive with caloric restriction in terms of life extension (and would not suck so bad to actually practice).<p><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/42273/title/Nourishing-the-Aging-Brain/" rel="nofollow">http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/42273/...</a>
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