“Reduce, recycle and rebuild is as important to the most basic component of the human body, the cell, as it is to the environment.

And a [university] study shows just how much the body benefits when it “goes green,” at least if you’re a rat: Cutting calories helps rodents live longer by boosting cells’ ability to recycle damaged parts so they can maintain efficient energy production.

“Caloric restriction is a way to extend life in animals. If you give them less food, the stress of this healthy habit actually makes them live longer,”…” Full Slice

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