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. 2026 Jan 30.
doi: 10.1186/s12967-026-07691-4. Online ahead of print.

Nutrition and longevity - diet in centenarians

Evelyn Frias-Toral #  1   2 , Claudia Reytor-González #  3 , Giuseppe Annunziata  4 , Ludovica Verde  5   6 , Emilia Jimenez-Flores  7 , Keya Sen  8 , Martina Galasso  9 , Giovanna Muscogiuri  10   11   12 , Daniel Simancas-Racines #  13 , Maria Dalamaga  14 , Luigi Barrea #  15
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Nutrition and longevity - diet in centenarians

Evelyn Frias-Toral et al. J Transl Med. .
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Keywords: nutrition; Centenarians; Dietary patterns; Gut microbiota; Healthy aging.

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Declarations. Ethics and consent to participate declarations: Not applicable. Competing interests: Giuseppe Annunziata, Luigi Barrea, and Evelyn Frias-Toral are members of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Translational Medicine. They had no involvement in the peer-review process or editorial decision-making for this manuscript. The authors declare no other competing interests.

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