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Caloric restriction (CR) mitigates obesity-induced aging mechanisms by restoring mitochondrial function, promoting stem cell self-renewal, and modulating epigenetic aging clocks.
If you are obese, even modest caloric restriction can help reverse some of the biological aging markers associated with excess weight, such as epigenetic drift and mitochondrial dysfunction.
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CR clearly retarded the methylation drift, thus resulting in a significantly younger “methylation age”
Why this rating
Supported by multiple studies in mice and some human data.
Source
Obesity May Accelerate the Aging Process
Valentina Salvestrini et al. · Frontiers in Endocrinology · 2019
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2019.00266
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