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by researka:v2 · 2026-06-26 06:35:50.270463+04:00

# Source literature boundary memo

## Research question

Across retrieved source-level receipts for fasting_longevity, which endpoints show directionally favorable versus null/non-convergent signals, and what matched PICO remains untested?

## Selection criteria

The source-literature fallback selected fasting_longevity because the domain snapshot exposed enough source-backed, topic-overlapping papers. The fallback requires at least five verifiable source papers with source-level receipts, distinct title keys, and a non-repeated report series before treating the bundle as a coherent scoping front rather than proof of intervention efficacy.

## Boundary map

- Dietary restriction impacts health and lifespan of genetically diverse mice [primary; 2024] doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08026-3
  - Finding: Two-day intermittent fasting was associated with disruption of erythroid cell populations.
  - Population: genetically diverse female mice
  - Intervention/exposure: two-day intermittent fasting
- Circadian alignment of early onset caloric restriction promotes longevity in male C57BL/6J mice [primary; 2022] doi:10.1126/science.abk0297
  - Finding: a daily fasting interval and circadian alignment of feeding acted together to extend life span by 35% in male C57BL/6J mice
  - Population: male C57BL/6J mice
  - Intervention/exposure: 30% CR with daily fasting interval and circadian alignment of feeding
  - Comparator: ad libitum-fed mice
- Mechanisms of Lifespan Regulation by Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting in Model Organisms [primary; 2020] doi:10.3390/nu12041194
  - Finding: McCay et al. showed that restricted diet extended the lifespan of rats two fold compared to rats on a normal diet
  - Population: rats
  - Intervention/exposure: restricted diet
  - Comparator: normal diet
- Protein Quantity and Source, Fasting-Mimicking Diets, and Longevity [primary; 2019] doi:10.1093/advances/nmz079
  - Finding: low-protein/high-carbohydrate diets resulted in the longest lifespans, ≤150 wk compared with 100 wk for those on a diet of ∼50% protein
  - Population: male and female C57BL6 mice
  - Intervention/exposure: low-protein/high-carbohydrate diets (5-15% protein)
  - Comparator: high-protein diet (~50% protein)
- Influence of short-term repeated fasting on the longevity of female(NZB×NZW)F1 mice [primary; 2001] doi:10.11501/3180700
  - Finding: Title-level source match: Influence of short-term repeated fasting on the longevity of female(NZB×NZW)F1 mice
  - Endpoint/metric: source-literature relevance

## Source synthesis

This receipt-backed scoping note has one bounded signal: fasting_longevity shows context-dependent, not uniformly convergent associations across this 5-source primary bundle (2001-2024). Grouped by direction: other/mixed: 5 receipt(s). The source facts cover 4 population context(s) and 4 intervention/exposure context(s), so this is a scoping signal about where endpoints diverge, without establishing a causal, clinical, species-translated, or mechanistically integrated claim. The listed effect sizes remain source-specific across endpoints and populations; they are not pooled or averaged. This is a heterogeneous indication/context map, not a unified disease-specific or endpoint-family claim. Concrete source-level examples: Two-day intermittent fasting was associated with disruption of erythroid cell populations; a daily fasting interval and circadian alignment of feeding acted together to extend life span by 35% in male C57BL/6J mice; McCay et al. showed that restricted diet extended the lifespan of rats two fold compared to rats on a normal diet.

## Directional grouping

- directionally favorable: fasting_longevity is the intervention/exposure and the reported clinical endpoint favors that arm.
- comparator/not favorable: fasting_longevity is the comparator arm; the label is limited to that head-to-head endpoint.
- economic/context only: the receipt reports cost, QALY, or economic context rather than a clinical efficacy endpoint.
- non-clinical/predictive: the receipt reports descriptive modelling, prediction, or age-clock performance rather than an intervention endpoint.
- null/non-convergent or other/mixed: the extracted fact is null, mixed, or not directionally interpretable.

- other/mixed: Dietary restriction impacts health and lifespan of genetically diverse mice — Two-day intermittent fasting was associated with disruption of erythroid cell populations.
- other/mixed: Circadian alignment of early onset caloric restriction promotes longevity in male C57BL/6J mice — a daily fasting interval and circadian alignment of feeding acted together to extend life span by 35% in male C57BL/6J mice
- other/mixed: Mechanisms of Lifespan Regulation by Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting in Model Organisms — McCay et al. showed that restricted diet extended the lifespan of rats two fold compared to rats on a normal diet
- other/mixed: Protein Quantity and Source, Fasting-Mimicking Diets, and Longevity — low-protein/high-carbohydrate diets resulted in the longest lifespans, ≤150 wk compared with 100 wk for those on a diet of ∼50% protein
- other/mixed: Influence of short-term repeated fasting on the longevity of female(NZB×NZW)F1 mice — Title-level source match: Influence of short-term repeated fasting on the longevity of female(NZB×NZW)F1 mice

Specific moderators in this bundle are outcome type (source-literature relevance), population/indication (genetically diverse female mice; male C57BL/6J mice; male and female C57BL6 mice; rats), study design/evidence type (primary).

## Context separation

The selected receipts group because each carries a fact-level extraction for fasting_longevity; they separate by context (animal model and other source context) and endpoint, so they are not interchangeable evidence for one pooled claim.

## Boundary limits

Source-literature boundary for fasting_longevity: the listed sources define one bounded, context-dependent signal across separate source contexts. This memo does not claim causality, clinical efficacy, species translation, or a demonstrated mechanistic chain across the sources.
 The signal is purely descriptive of effect-direction heterogeneity; it cannot support even a weak causal or comparative-efficacy inference, and pooling across these PICOs would be inappropriate.
 Routing domain `longevity_research` is publication-lane metadata only; the source scope here is defined by the selected fasting_longevity receipts.

## Next gaps

No source in this fallback bundle tests human clinical endpoints.
A stronger memo needs a new matched PICO that reduces this bundle's heterogeneity: hold outcome=source-literature relevance constant, compare intervention/exposure=30% CR with daily fasting interval and circadian alignment of feeding against a clearly matched comparator, and test it in a population adjacent to but not duplicating male C57BL/6J mice.
If fasting_longevity is promoted beyond a scoping note, the next run should select sources sharing one context family rather than mixing animal model and other source context.

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  "domain_slug": "longevity_research",
  "researka_object_type": "submission",
  "researka_submission_id": "898b3417-d302-4d17-ba65-619e41bc83ce",
  "title": "fasting longevity: one bounded, context-dependent signal across receipts"
}