Cornstarch

Intervention

4 papers study it1 finding

Across all fields, 4 papers: 1 trial in people, 3 in animals

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Institute on Aging and 1 more
  • Human trial1
  • Animals3

Outcomes

1

Lifespan

upin rats1

1 study
  1. Cornstarch extends lifespan in rats (720 +/- 23 vs 659 +/- 19 days).

    “mean, median and upper 10th percentile survival were significantly greater in the ad libitum starch- vs sucrose-fed rats (mean life span: cornstarch-fed, 720 +/- 23 days; sucrose-fed, 659 +/- 19 days)”

    Animalsad libitumcornstarchmales

    Source of dietary carbohydrate affects life span of Fischer 344 rats independent of caloric restriction

    The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

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