Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions

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Synopsis
This book focuses on the three most important aspects of ageing research: nutrition, physical exercise and epigenetics. The contributors discuss ways that age-related epigenetic imprints such as DNA methylation and histone acetylation are modified by these two interventions. The emphasis on epigenetics helps to illuminate the underlying mechanisms of anti-ageing interventions, as ageing and disease are predominately epigenetic phenomena. Among the highlights are chapter-length discussion of such topics as: how anti-inflammatory action of calorie restriction underlies the retardation of ageing and age-related diseases (Chapter 3); epigenetic modification of gene expression by exercise (Chapter 5); the role of functional foods and their bioactive components in bone health (Chapter 8); and an account of the first decade of a study of calorie restriction in nonhuman primates, conducted by the National Institute on Ageing.
Copyright:
2015

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ISBN-13:
9783319148304
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing, Cham
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Springer
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body
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