Caloric restriction is known as a dietary intervention that can improve aging health, but this study shows that a dietary change from glucose to galactose, without restriction, can result in healthy aging in yeast

Caloric restriction is known as a dietary intervention that can improve aging health, but this study shows that a dietary change from glucose to galactose, without restriction, can result in healthy aging in yeast.

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Article Title: Dietary change without caloric restriction maintains a youthful profile in ageing yeast

Author Countries : United Kingdom

Funding: JH was funded by the Wellcome Trust [110216], DH by a DTP PhD award [1947502], JH, HHM, AW and DH by the BBSRC [BI Epigenetics ISP: BBS/E/B/000C0423]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Biology

10.1371/journal.pbio.3002245

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.