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Why does caloric restriction increase life and healthspan? The ‘clean cupboards’ hypothesis

The disposable soma hypothesis explanation of the effects of caloric restriction (CR) on lifespan fails to explain why CR generates negative impacts alongside the positive effects and does not work in all species. I propose here a novel idea called the clean cupboards hypothesis which overcomes thes...

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Autor principal: Speakman, John R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa078
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Sumario:The disposable soma hypothesis explanation of the effects of caloric restriction (CR) on lifespan fails to explain why CR generates negative impacts alongside the positive effects and does not work in all species. I propose here a novel idea called the clean cupboards hypothesis which overcomes these problems.