Cynthia Kenyon Quotes


I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.


Citations

Anthony, Andrew. "The woman who wants to defeat ageing." The Observer, 17 Mar. 2013.

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An often cited quote from his original article “Unhappy Meals” (see citation) published in the New York Times Magazine in 2007. The article spawned a subsequent book entitled “In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto“ in 2008.


Cynthia Kenyon
Cynthia Kenyon
  • Born: February 21, 1954
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Scientist

Cynthia Jane Kenyon is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a widely used model organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. She is the vice president of aging research at Calico Research Labs, and emeritus professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).