The longevity diet is a set of eating recommendations compiled by Valter Longo, director of the University of Southern California’s Longevity Institute; he is known for his research on the role of fasting and its impact on aging and disease.
There is no one prehistoric meal plan. A modern hunter-gatherer group known as the Hadza has taught researchers surprising things about the highly variable menu consumed by humans past.
How the new science of metabolism could change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity
Soon after calories were posted on fast-food menus, people cut back a little bit on what they ordered. But it didn’t last.
Healthy people can adopt Time Restricted Eating (TRE), independent of diet and exercise, to reduce their risk for metabolic diseases. A new study suggests it is also an effective treatment for people with obesity or diabetes.
Try this on for size: Nutrition. Isn’t. Confusing. We all have cherished traditions and values – what we eat isn’t just about the science. (At least, I hope not.) But it is time to learn the fundamental food and nutrition facts.
When it comes to normal longevity – living to 85 – your lifestyle is more important than your genetic makeup; but if you don’t have that genetic makeup, then you’re not going to make it to 100.
Keto diet prescribes 80% of calories from fats, the rest from protein, with minimal carbohydrates. This means lots of meat, dairy, butter, eggs, nuts, seeds and oils, and avoiding grains and carb-heavy fruits and vegetables.
An agricultural economist writes that treating Twinkies and carrots as the beginning and end of the farm subsidies discussion distracts from useful public discourse.
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