NUTRITION AND LONGEVITY

S.G. Kozlovskaya, Yu.G. Grigorov, T.M. Semesko, L.L. Sineok

This article is concerned: the factual nutrition of older population groups in varying longevity level regions, of various nationalities, residing in urban and rural areas; study on the relationship between nutrition specificities and the state of metabolic and functional parameters of an aging organism, a possible role of nutrition specificities in the formation of both age-related and pathological changes; effects of purpose-designed alterations of the state of definite kinds of metabolism and functions in aging; an experimental lifespan prolongation under the action of various quantitative and qualitative alimentary influences, aiming at a possible use in the practice of human nutrition.

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