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Kai He1, Tong Xu1, Xingxu Song1

  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.

Nutrients
|October 26, 2024
PubMed
概括

饮食质量影响衰老. 高质量的碳水化合物,总蛋白质和植物蛋白质摄入量与表型衰老缓慢相关. 用更健康的选择取代质量差的宏观营养素可能会减少生物衰老.

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