Reducing your calorie intake makes you live longer — if you're a rat or a worm. Laura Spinney asks whether the same holds for humans — and if it does, whether the benefits could be put in a pill.
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Laura Spinney is a science writer living in London and Paris.
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Spinney, L. Eat your cake and have it. Nature 441, 807–809 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/441807a
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