Health Update: For Longevity: More Healthy Carbs, Less Protein & Fasting!
Hello to everyone:
Articles like this one are very helpful to reduce confusion about what to eat and when. Here are the main findings:
“Recently, researchers reviewed hundreds of nutrition studies from cellular to epidemiological perspectives to identify a ‘common denominator nutrition pattern’ for healthy longevity. In the end, the researchers found that the ‘longevity diet’ includes:
- A legume and whole grain-rich pescatarian or vegetarian diet
- 30% of calories from vegetable fats such as nuts and olive oil
- A low but sufficient protein diet until age 65 and then moderate protein intake
- Low sugar and refined carbs
- No red or processed meat
- Limited white meat
- 12 hours of eating and 12 of fasting per day
- Around three cycles of a five-day fasting-mimicking diet per year”
Bottom Line: As a small side note, they also stated that the dietary pattern should be adapted (individualized) to a person’s needs according to age (you need just a bit more protein when older), if you are obese or have insulin resistance and so forth. To find out more about this, and to understand what the five-day fasting-mimicking diet actually is, I refer you to Dr. Valter Longo’s book: The Longevity Diet. Personally, I follow this food plan as a vegan. In my health care practice, people who follow this seem to have the best results with reducing their health challenges.
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