Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions

Book Overview

This book focuses on the three most important aspects of ageing research: nutrition, physical exercise and epigenetics. The contributors discuss ways that age-related epigenetic imprints such as DNA methylation and histone acetylation are modified by these two interventions. The emphasis on epigenetics helps to illuminate the underlying mechanisms of anti-ageing interventions, as ageing and disease are predominately epigenetic phenomena. Among the highlights are chapter-length discussion of such topics as: how anti-inflammatory action of calorie restriction underlies the retardation of ageing and age-related diseases (Chapter 3); epigenetic modification of gene expression by exercise (Chapter 5); the role of functional foods and their bioactive components in bone health (Chapter 8); and an account of the first decade of a study of calorie restriction in nonhuman primates, conducted by the National Institute on Ageing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331914829X
• ISBN13: 9783319148298
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"