What are the roles of calorie restriction and diet quality in promoting healthy longevity?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-45

  Rizza, Wanda ^a,b   Veronese, Nicola ^a,c   Fontana, Luigi ^a,d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Diet quality; Disease prevention; Health; Lifespan; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

3 INDOLEMETHANOL; ACETYLCARNITINE; ALLYL SULFIDE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CURCUMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GENISTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LINOLENIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; METHIONINE; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; RESVERATROL; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANS FATTY ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGING; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CALORIE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EGG; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGEVITY; LUNG CANCER; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUT; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RED MEAT; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGAN DIET; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALORIE RESTRICTION; DIET QUALITY; DISEASE PREVENTION; HEALTH; LIFESPAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890215172     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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