Paul Mccarthy | May 25, 1997 | 9 min read
Sidebar: For More Information - Caloric Restriction's Benefits Caloric restriction (CR) research has come a long way since Cornell University nutritionist Clyde McCay published a ground-breaking 1935 paper that showed that rats on calorically restricted, nutritionally sound diets lived longer than rats that were allowed to eat as much as they wanted (C.J. McCay, Journal of Nutrition, 10:63-79, 1935). Some 50 years of research since has confirmed that finding. In general, experimental animals fe