Caloric restriction and longevity: The science and the ascetic experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1172, Issue , 2009, Pages 28-33

  Mehta, Linda Hotchkiss ^a,c   Roth, George S ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GeroScience Inc   (United States)

^c People's Medical Publishing House USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Asceticism; Ascetics; Caloric restriction; Fasting; Longevity; Mimetics; Sirtuins; Tibetan medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARNITINE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; IODOACETIC ACID; PHENFORMIN; RESVERATROL; SIRTUIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TIBETAN MEDICINE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 69549118630     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04409.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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