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The term ''''calorie restriction'''', alternatively 'caloric restriction', refers to the procedure of reducing food energy intake, in an animal, to or nearly to, the minimum that sustains life without malnutrition, a procedure experimentally shown to improve health and extend lifespan across species, though science has not yet produced results of controlled experiments demonstrating extended lifespan in ''Homo sapiens''. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:45, 7 April 2010
The term 'calorie restriction', alternatively 'caloric restriction', refers to the procedure of reducing food energy intake, in an animal, to or nearly to, the minimum that sustains life without malnutrition, a procedure experimentally shown to improve health and extend lifespan across species, though science has not yet produced results of controlled experiments demonstrating extended lifespan in Homo sapiens.