World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117

Re:World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117 by chiliap2 on Saturday April 15, 2017 @10:42PM (#14124071)

Still, if it's a process as poorly understood as dying of old age, saying "made me wonder if any of her longevity can be credited to having a severely calorie restricted diet" seems like a reasonable response.

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Re:World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117 by paulcole on Sunday April 16, 2017 @01:14AM (#14124460)

I actually wondered if it had to do with eating an odd number of foods (3 eggs). Seems like it worked for her!

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Re:World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117 by brocasso on Sunday April 16, 2017 @02:17AM (#14124628)

Some research on worms, mice, and monkeys has pointed at caloric restriction and/or a carb-free diets helping with longevity. If I recall correctly, these two strategies help with insulin sensitivity and other hormones that are known to serve as regulators in certain DNA repair pathways.

I think posters above are not supposing that caloric restriction could have helped at random. Rather, they have read about it helping with longevity -- unlike odd numbers of food.

Thanks for your comment.

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