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Nutrition modulation of human aging: The calorie restriction paradigm

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Das, Sai Krupa, Balasubramanian, Priya, Weerasekara, Yasoma K.·2017·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

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Globally, the aging population is growing rapidly, creating an urgent need to attenuate age-related health conditions, including metabolic disease and disability. A promising strategy for healthy aging based on consistently positive results from studies with a variety of species, including non-human primates (NHP), is calorie restriction (CR), or the restriction of energy intake while maintaining intake of essential nutrients. The burgeoning evidence for this approach in humans is reviewed and the major study to date to address this question, CALERIE (Comprehensive Assessment of the Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy), is described. CALERIE findings indicate the feasibility of CR in non-obese humans, confirm observations in NHP, and are consistent with improvements in disease risk reduction and potential anti-aging effects. Finally, the mechanisms of CR in humans are reviewed which sums up the fact that evolutionarily conserved mechanisms mediate the anti-aging effects of CR. Overall, the prospect for further research in both NHP and humans is highly encouraging.

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  • Diet composition (the protein/carbohydrate ratio) and adherence to diet restrictions influenced risk parameters.

    “It was also recognized that diet composition (the protein/carbohydrate ratio) and adherence to diet restrictions influenced the risk parameters [82,83].”

    From Molecular Targets of 20-Hydroxyecdysone in Mammals, Mechanism of Action: Is It a Calorie Restriction Mimetic and Anti-Aging Compound? (2025) · cites this paper as [82]

    The CALERIE Phase 1 findings report improvements in several risk markers with calorie restriction and a CRP reduction in the low-glycemic-load group but not the high-glycemic-load group. They also say the glycemic-load diets were equivalent for adherence, while most reported risk-marker improvements were independent of glycemic load. The paper does not establish that the protein/carbohydrate ratio or differences in adherence influenced risk parameters; page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. Fontana L, Weiss EP, Villareal DT, Klein S, and Holloszy JO (2008b). Long-term effects of calorie or protein restriction on serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentration in humans. Aging Cell 7, 681– 687. 18843793 PMC2673798
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Authors
Das, S. K., Balasubramanian, P., & Weerasekara, Y. K.
Affiliations
  • Tufts University (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
Das, Sai Krupa
Venue
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-11
Volume
455
Pages
148-157
ISSN
0303-7207 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2605916267
Cited by
51
References
115
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 2
FWCI
2.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • USDA (#58-1950-0-014)
  • NIH (#AG040178)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Dietary Effects on Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Keywords
caloric restriction, human aging, healthy aging, energy intake, non-human primates, anti-aging mechanism, disease risk reduction, metabolic disorders, evolutionarily conserved mechanisms
MeSH terms
Healthy Aging, Aging, Animals, Body Composition, Clinical Trials as Topic, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Lipids, Nutritional Status, Primates, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Caloric Restriction

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