Secret to a longer life REVEALED: Low protein diet can add DECADES to your lifespan

The rise in average life expectancy in the UK was revealed to be grinding to a halt earlier this year. Despite a century of continuous progress, research by University College London showed that increases in life expectancy had halved since 2010 in England. However, making a simple tweak to your diet could add years – […]

A single gene in E. coli bacteria could hold clues for extending the human lifespan

Flickr/NIAID Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have found the key to longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms — and maybe, someday, humans. The team noticed that genetically identical worms would occasionally live for much longer, and looked to their gut bacteria to find the answer. They discovered that a strain of E. […]