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A Vegan Diet May Slow Aging
It is known that diet and other lifestyle factors can influence the expression of our genes, but many questions in the field of epigenetics still remain. A recent paper indicates that a vegan diet may be able to cause discernable changes in just the course of one& month. People randomized to eliminate animal products showed suppression of cancer pathways, anti-inflammatory changes, and a slowing of biological aging.
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Karbacher L, Mertens J, Kowarschik S, et al. Karbacher L, Mertens J, Kowarschik S, et al. A vegan diet epigenetically modulates inflammatory pathways and biological aging: genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of a one-month isocaloric vegan versus meat-rich dietary intervention. MedComm (2020). 2026;7(8):e70899. doi:10.1002/mco2.70899
