Scientists find 10 different diets linked to slower aging

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe claim under review: there is exactly one healthy way to eat, mine, which is boiled and grey, and everything else is a slow march to the grave.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA study from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, published in Nature Communications, says otherwise, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt looked at ten different diets and how fast people age.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen. There's supposed to be one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHealthy eating on any of them was linked to slower biological aging, which the researchers measured by chemical changes to DNA, not by birthdays.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMore than seventy percent of the affected pathways were shared across all ten.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo they're all the same diet wearing different hats, and nobody told me.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe limits matter. The effects are measurable but not massive, the researchers say, and it's an association, not proof that food caused it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAbout seventy-five hundred people took part.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo what's the verdict on all this?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMyth. The lead researcher, Juliana Tavares, says there isn't just one healthy diet but a whole repertoire.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHardly anyone meets every standard at once, and she says you don't need a perfect diet. Talk to your doctor.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight. New belief: I rotate through all ten, one a day, and by day eleven I'll be a perfect specimen. Possibly a weeping one.