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A 20-year study showed that cutting the calorie intake of Rhesus monkeys by nearly a third slowed aging and fended off death. (AP (file))
.Stories How To "Buckle Down" On Belly Fat Spice Up Your Diet -- And Your Health (AP) Calorie-counting may have some intriguing benefits for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death.
This is not about a quick diet to shed a few pounds. Scientists have long known they could increase the lifespan of mice and more primitive creatures - worms, flies - with deep, long-term cuts in what should be normal consumption.
Now comes the first evidence that it delays the diseases of aging in primates, too - rhesus monkeys living at the Wisconsin National Primate Center. Researchers reported their study Friday in the journal Science.
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