Food for healthy aging: Swapping just 1 percent of plant protein in place of animal protein was associated with significantly less age-related deficit accumulation.
Aging is the topic of my forthcoming book, How Not to Age, out in 2023. I can’t wait to share all of what I found!
This update has changes to the reference of eggs around 0:43.
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