meaning for homo sapiens: nil. <<

COMMENT:

Exactly right. Especially since these studies have been done also
extensively in rodents. THERE, it makes NO difference in life span or
cancer risk what the composition of the diet is, insofar as
macronutrients like fat or protein. Only total calories are predictive.

It's unbelievable that a dumb insect study could get this much press
when the much more difficult and relevent rat and mouse studies never
did. Insects don't even GET cancer. They are largely post-mitotic
organisms. They don't even heal, really. Bust a part off or hurt them,
and they gum it up and live with a permanent scab.  If you've seen the
movie "Death Becomes Her" you have a pretty good idea of the kind of
"aging" the average adult insect does. Why anybody would want to infer
anything from this when it comes to human aging, is beyond me.

SBH