# The smelling of food controls cellular recycling and affects life expectancy

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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/the-smelling-of-food-controls-cellular-recycling-and-affects-life-expectancy/1917 "2019-03-13T16:30:35Z")\
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> **[The smelling of food controls cellular recycling and affects life expectancy](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190220103449.htm)**
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> The smelling of food affects physiology and aging, according to research conducted on the model organism, the roundworm. Surprisingly, this relationship is due to a single pair of olfactory neurons.

  
The smelling of food affects physiology and aging, according to research conducted on the model organism, the roundworm. Surprisingly, this relationship is due to a single pair of olfactory neurons.