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Letter: On the search for a diet that extends lifespan (5)

Published 27 July 2022

From Richard Robinson, Brighton, UK

Dietary (and other) changes that extend life have a long history. There was agriculture 12,000 years ago, to feed us more efficiently. Artificial fertilisers arrived about a century ago, to feed more of us. More recently, modern medicine and the NHS arrived to keep us going for longer. Maybe with a true longevity diet, we will need another change: a new planet to accommodate us all?

Issue no. 3397 published 30 July 2022

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