Longevity pathways are fairly conserved throughout animal kingdom. Genes that cause worms to live really long also seem to be involved in longevity in mammals.

Longevity pathways are fairly conserved throughout animal kingdom. Genes that cause worms to live really long also seem to be involved in longevity in mammals. Many triggers in your metabolism can all funnel down to the same signaling pathways (in this case likely mToR) and hence you see so many stimuli possibilities.