Dietary restriction would probably not increase longevity in human beings and other species able to leave unsuitable environments.
This article argues that dietary restriction would not increase longevity in species able to leave a place where they are subjected to starvation. Human beings can emigrate when feeding conditions are a threat to survival and thus they would not live longer if subjected to dietary restriction.
Le Bourg
Eric
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Centre de Recherche sur la Cognition Animale, UMR CNRS 5169, University Paul-Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France. lebourg@cict.fr
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013045:Species Specificity