Certain diet changes can slow aging process in just one month, researchers say
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“Researchers from the University of Sydney assigned 104 participants aged 65-75 to one of four diets.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the study was conducted at the University of Sydney (specifically the Charles Perkins Centre) involving 65- to 75-year-olds.
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— St Benedict's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 104 Broadway, Chippendale, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The church was designed by Augustus Pugin, and built from 184…
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“Two of the diets were omnivorous and included protein from both animals and plants. Two included 70% of protein from plant sources.”
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Web results describe the division of participants into subgroups based on omnivorous and plant-based/semi-vegetarian diets, though the specific 70% figure is implied by the context of the diet descriptions in the search results.
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“One omnivorous diet was high in fat, while the other emphasized carbohydrates. The two semi-vegetarian diets were distinguished in the same way.”
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Web results explicitly state participants were divided into subgroups based on whether they consumed more fat or more carbohydrates (e.g., OHF for omnivorous high-fat).
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— The omnivorous high-fat group showed no significant change. The omnivorous high-carbohydrate diet comprised 14 percent energy from protein, 28-29 percent from fat, and 53 percent from complex carbohyd…
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— Of the four diet categories, OHF was most similar to the typical baseline diets subjects reported eating before the study began, researchers note. That may explain why it also had the least effect on …
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— They were then divided into subgroups based on if they consumed more fat or more carbohydrates. The team found people who stuck to an omnivorous, high-carbohydrate diet, were biologically about four y…
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“All four diets derived 14 percent of energy from protein.”
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Web search results specifically mention that the omnivorous high-carbohydrate diet comprised 14 percent energy from protein, and the context implies this was a standard across the groups.
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— Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kil…
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— The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone unive…
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— Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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“The scientists measured 20 varied biomarkers, including cholesterol and insulin levels, in participants to determine how short-term diet changes affect biological aging.”
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Three independent web sources confirm the use of 20 biomarkers, including insulin and cholesterol, to calculate biological age.
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“The scientists found that after four weeks, participants’ biological ages in three of the four diet groups reduced.”
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Web results state that biological age reduced for most groups, specifically noting that the OHF group was the one that did NOT show significant change, implying the other three did.
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— 4 days ago · The meaning of BIOLOGICAL is of or relating to biology or to life and living processes. How to use biological in a sentence.
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“Only the high-fat omnivorous dieters’ biological ages “showed no meaningful change.””
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the omnivorous high-fat (OHF) group showed no meaningful or significant change in biological age.
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— May 15, 2026 ... ... biological age markers compared to the omnivorous high-fat group, although some of these changes were not statistically significant.
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— 6 days ago ... The group that showed no meaningful change was the omnivorous high-fat group. ... A high-fat diet with high carbohydrates is not keto. It ...
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— May 11, 2026 ... The OHF group, whose amended diets most closely resembled participants' baseline diets, showed no meaningful change in the 'biological age' of ...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1127648
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“The study, “Short-Term Dietary Intervention Alters Physiological Profiles Relevant to Ageing,” published in Aging Cell, concluded that the most pronounced improvements came from “diets rich in complex carbohydrates and plant-based components.””
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Multiple sources confirm the study title 'Short-Term Dietary Intervention Alters Physiological Profiles Relevant to Ageing' and its publication in the journal 'Aging Cell'.
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— Dietary fiber, fibre, or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes. Dietary fibers are diverse in chemical composition and can be g…
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“Caitlin Andrews, who led the study.”
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