Want to live long - eat less. Scientists have found that a decrease in our diet 40% may extend life expectancy by as much as 20 years.

Researchers from the Institute for healthy aging at the University College of London developing a new therapy, which I hope to win the "disease" called old age. We study the question of how genetics and lifestyle can be transformed to minimize signs of age-related processes, pushing them for decades. This writes the Comments.UA.

This will also delay the onset of such age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurodegeneration. During one of a series of experiments, scientists noticed that the life span of rats can significantly extend by simply reducing its diet by 30%.

"If you reduce the diet of rats for 40%, it is already live on 20-30% longer, " said study author Dr. Piper. - In the human dimension is 20 years of life. The relationship between life expectancy and the amount of food eaten exists in all living organisms, even in Labrador".

Scientists observe and flies, fruit flies, which have 60% of the genes coincide with the human and mice. The researchers were able to extend the life and fruit flies and mice using special medications and a modified diet. Perhaps this combination would be effective and respect human rights.

Dr. Piper and his colleagues have learned to make mutate single genes, and reduce the effect of the mutations that cause Alzheimer's disease.