Galactose + glucose

1 paper4 findings

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Funder: China Scholarship Council

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Outcomes

Lifespan

downin flies1upin flies1

1 study

Galactose + glucose shortens lifespan in flies.
“whereas it reduced lifespan in males”
Model organismschallenged with an obesogenic adult dietmales
Lactose-Derived Carbohydrates Induce Sexually Dimorphic Nutritional Programming Effects on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Aging cell26 Feb 2026
Galactose + glucose extends lifespan in flies.
“larval GALGLU consumption extended the lifespan of females when challenged with an obesogenic adult diet”
Model organismschallenged with an obesogenic adult dietfemales
Lactose-Derived Carbohydrates Induce Sexually Dimorphic Nutritional Programming Effects on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Aging cell26 Feb 2026

Fad2

upin flies1

1 study

Galactose + glucose increases Fad2 in flies.
“larval GALGLU induced later-life transcriptional activation of cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC)-synthesizing enzymes, including the diene-producing desaturase Fad2”
Model organismslarval GALGLUfemales
Lactose-Derived Carbohydrates Induce Sexually Dimorphic Nutritional Programming Effects on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Aging cell26 Feb 2026

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Aging Cell26 Feb

Lactose-Derived Carbohydrates Induce Sexually Dimorphic Nutritional Programming Effects on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

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Galactose + glucose

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Lactose-Derived Carbohydrates Induce Sexually Dimorphic Nutritional Programming Effects on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

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