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Cutting Calories by 30% May Be Enough to Shield Brain Against Aging


A calorie-restricted diet could slow down the aging that naturally happens in the brain as we get older, according to a new study of rhesus monkeys, and the findings could also be relevant to brain diseases such as Alzheimer's.

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