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Aging is characterized by a profound reduction in anti-inflammatory lipoxin A4 levels. Gangemi S, Pescara L, D'Urbano E, Basile G, Nicita-Mauro V, Davì G, Romano M. Exp Gerontol. 2005 Jul;40(7):612-4. PMID: 15935589 doi:10.1016/j.exger.2005.04.004

The fact that an animal's lifetime is prolonged by decreasing its sugar ingestion is commonly recognized. In a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, scientists from the Université de Montréal, reveal that sugar in itself is not the key element but the cells' capacity to detect its presence is.