According to study author Professor Daniel Belsky and the rest of the researchers at Columbia University in New York, eating less can slow down aging.
Reduced calorie consumption, according to experts, slows the aging process and lowers the chance of premature mortality.
Even more health benefits than stopping smoking might result from it.
After instructing 145 individuals to follow a diet for two years, researchers at Columbia University in New York examined age-related DNA damage on those individuals' cells.
They discovered that those who reduced their caloric intake were in better physical form than a group of 75 people who were allowed to eat whatever they pleased.
"Our findings provide evidence that slowing human aging may be possible - but calorie restriction is probably not for everyone," stated study author Professor Daniel Belsky.
“Effect sizes were small but modest slowing of the pace of aging can have profound effects on population health.”
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