Better Diet Linked to Slower Epigenetic Aging, But Exercise Steals the Show
Based on: Healthy Eating Index, Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Mortality Risk in US Adults.
In two large U.S. studies of older adults, eating a higher-quality diet was tied to slower epigenetic aging and lower death risk. About 44% of the diet-mortality link was explained by GrimAge, a biological aging clock. But when researchers accounted for physical activity, the diet effect mostly disappeared. Movement may matter as much as the menu.
Key Insight
This study suggests pairing a healthy diet with regular physical activity may matter more than diet alone.
Original Paper
Beydoun MA, Fanelli Kuczmarski MT, Noren Hooten N, Beydoun HA, Tsai J, Maldonado AI, Hossain S, Nieva A, Evans MK, Zonderman AB
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