- As we get older, our brain naturally ages, and the ability to perform certain tasks like memory and learning declines.
- Previous research shows that living a healthy lifestyle that includes eating right can help slow brain aging.
- Researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have found that restricting the amount of food a person eats may also help protect the brain from aging.
- The research identified a specific gene that is enhanced through calorie restriction, aiding processes necessary for healthy brain aging.
As we get older, our body — including our brain — naturally begins to age. Certain tasks that the brain performs, such as
According to the
Now researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, CA, have found that restricting the amount of food a person eats may also help protect the brain from aging, via models of both fruit flies and human cells.
The research — recently published in the journal
According to Dr. Lisa Ellerby, professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, adjunct professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and co-senior author of this study, the team decided to study the impact of calorie restriction on brain aging because dietary restriction is a significant intervention for the aging process and the brain is a particularly vulnerable organ during aging.
“Therefore, understanding factors that are modulated by dietary restriction and are protective in the brain is a significant research direction in the field,” Dr. Ellerby told Medical News Today. “Plus, many people…
Read the full article here