Take two geriatric monkeys side by side and compare for health and vitality. The monkey on the left ate more total calories throughout his lifetime and the monkey on the right was calorie restricted.  Obviously the calorie restricted monkey is more healthy and vibrant. Here's news providing evidence that proof mounts on calorie restricted diets.

Here’s the kicker… Both of these monkeys are OLD…27 to be exact (In monkey years..these guys are geriatric). The difference is the one on the left ate more over his lifetime then the one of the right who was calorie restricted.

So just as the title of the article says..the evidence for the life-extending properties of calorie restriction is definitely mounting.

This quote sums it up nicely:

"If evidence suggests that eating ‘normal’ leads us to being overweight with a high risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease, where as eating ‘restricted’ doesn’t…well…then shouldn’t restricted be ‘normal’ and ‘normal’ be “sorry, we messed up an overestimated how many calories a human needs”???"

Great post, thanks Brad.