Short-term vegan diet associated with reductions in biological age estimates

Eating a vegan diet for eight weeks is associated with reductions in biological age estimations based on levels of DNA methylation—a type of chemical modification of DNA (known as an epigenetic modification) that alters gene expression but not DNA itself. Previous research has reported that increased DNA methylation levels are associated with aging. The new findings, which are based on a small, randomized, controlled trial of 21 pairs of adult identical twins, are published in BMC Medicine. Varun Dwaraka, Christopher Gardner and colleagues investigated the molecular effects of a short-term vegan diet by instructing one half of each twin pair Read More