Calorie restriction mimetics
A hypothetical class of dietary supplements or drug candidates that would, in principle, mimic the substantial anti-aging effects that calorie restriction (CR) has on animals and humans.
Since it mimics CR, you could just not have it and eat less calories.
metformin is used for diabetes treatment. It increased lifespan for cancerous mice. But barely for normal mice and rats.
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- spermidine
- Spermidine is a calorie restriction mimetics, it activates autophagy