Research suggests that while cutting calories might help you lose weight and reduce risk of disease, it also carries health risks. Living comes with a side effect: aging. Despite what you might hear ...

A new study in press in the journal Nature Aging has shown that caloric restriction can slow the pace of aging in healthy adults. The Phase 2 randomized controlled trial, funded by the U.S. National ...

When on a diet, especially one that requires 25% fewer calories, time seems to go so slowly between meals. Does that perception of time result in a slowing of our aging? A new study considers the ...

Penn State researchers may have uncovered another layer of complexity in the mystery of how diet impacts aging. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development ...

Reducing overall calorie intake may rejuvenate your muscles and activate biological pathways important for good health, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their ...

Reducing overall calorie intake may rejuvenate your muscles and activate biological pathways important for good health, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their ...

Cancer research history was quietly made at an American university in January. For the first time ever, a randomized controlled trial that uses calorie restriction as a treatment for cancer — and ...

Over the years, researchers have amassed strong evidence that caloric restriction can extend lab animals’ lives. Unfortunately, extending those benefits to humans has proved difficult, in part because ...

A new study finds that eating less might make you live longer. That's still not a good reason to do it. Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal ...