{"id":241971,"date":"2026-08-01T00:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/consuming-less-protein-could-have-greater-health-benefits-and-extend-lifespan"},"modified":"2026-08-01T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:07:04","slug":"consuming-less-protein-could-have-greater-health-benefits-and-extend-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/consuming-less-protein-could-have-greater-health-benefits-and-extend-lifespan","title":{"rendered":"Consuming less protein could have greater health benefits and extend lifespan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/consuming-less-protein-could-have-greater-health-benefits-and-extend-lifespan.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protein-fortified foods are popping up everywhere, from cereal and coffee to even protein water. But a new review covering over 350 papers on protein restriction and aging-publishing July 31 in the Cell Press journal <em>Cell Press Blue<\/em>-suggests that consuming less protein could have greater health benefits and could, in some cases, extend lifespan. The authors describe how protein restriction slows aging by improving metabolism, changing how cells respond to nutrients, reducing cellular damage, and preserving healthy cell function.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely crystal clear that there are benefits of protein to muscle growth and exercise response of active individuals,\u201d says Dudley Lamming, the paper\u2019s corresponding author, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \u201cBut because most people are relatively sedentary, many people are likely consuming more protein than they actually need, which probably has negative health consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For decades, scientists have known that eating less calories can extend lifespan in many organisms and reduce the risk of age-related diseases like cancer. But maintaining a calorie-restricted diet is difficult for most people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protein-fortified foods are popping up everywhere, from cereal and coffee to even protein water. But a new review covering over 350 papers on protein restriction and aging-publishing July 31 in the Cell Press journal Cell Press Blue-suggests that consuming less protein could have greater health benefits and could, in some cases, extend lifespan. The authors [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}