By Serafina Kenny – Business Insider –
- Professor James White researches whether restricting our calories could help us live longer.
- He practices caloric restriction in his own life — in a safe and sustainable way.
- White shared how he does this, plus his other habits for a long, healthy life.
A scientist who studies whether restricting calories in a safe way could help us live longer shared how he eats, exercises, and de-stresses for longevity.
Restricting the number of calories we eat causes low-level stress in the body, which triggers certain processes that remove markers of aging from our DNA, James White, an assistant professor in medicine at Duke University, told Business Insider. This is thought to help our cells function efficiently as we age.
