The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
we have found for the first time that methionine restriction profoundly decreases mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production, decreases oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA, lowers membrane unsaturation, and decreases all five markers of protein oxidation measured in rat heart and liver mitochondria.
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Studies like this titled methionine restriction decreases mitochondrial oxygen rap methionine restriction decreases mitochondrial oxygen radical generation and leak as well as oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA and proteins. Previous studies have consistently shown that caloric restriction decreases mitochondrial reactive reactive oxygen species generation and oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial proteins and increases maximum longevity.
we have found for the first time that methionine restriction profoundly decreases mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production decreases oxidative damage to mitochondrial dna lowers membrane unsaturation and decreases all five markers of protein oxidation measured in rat heart and liver mitochondria