Through proper nutrition and fasting...a scientific recipe for a longer life

 Through proper nutrition and fasting...a scientific recipe for a longer life

After examining hundreds of studies related to nutrition and aging, two researchers came up with the right diet to live a healthy life for as long as possible. Fasting plays an important role in this diet. So what should we eat to enjoy better health?

The researchers link between eating foods with limited calories and intermittent fasting, on the one hand, and a decrease in the risk of disease and the expectation of a long life, on the other hand.

In an article published in the United States' Magazine, which is based in the United States, two old age scholars, Valter Longo and Rosalin Anderson, examined hundreds of aging and nutrition studies conducted on simple living creatures, animals and a number of people inside the laboratory, and integrate them with their own   studies,   and   came up with   a "long-term   diet".

It is unfortunate that food lovers that are considered "calories bombs", such as burgers, potato chips, and cola drink, or foods that give one feeling comfortable, such as white chocolate, will be disappointed by the study, as the researchers link the eating of food with limited calories. Intermittent fasting, on the one hand, and a decrease in the risk of disease and the expectation of a person’s longevity, on the other hand.

The right foods

Their diet for longevity requires that one be eaten between 45%and 60%of the calories of uninterrupted carbohydrates, and between 10%and 15%of the calories of plant proteins mostly, and between 25%and 35%of Calories from vegetable fat mostly.

The researchers conclude that it is important to rely on vegetable proteins as well as vegetable fats to enjoy a healthy diet.

This means: "Eat a lot of legumes, whole grains, vegetables, some fish. Not eating red meat or processed meat and a very small amount of white meat, a small amount of sugar and refined grains, a large number of nuts and olive oil, and some dark chocolate," according to what Longo said in a press release issued by the University of "Sarwar California", where he works as a professor in aging science and biological sciences, and director of the "Long Life Institute". Medicine University of Wisconsin Madison.

Fasting is an important factor

It also calls for the prolonging system to restrict eating with a time frame, that is, between 11 and 12 hours per day, and a few annual courses of simulator meals for fasting for a period of five days, a plan consisting of low calories meals, which were developed at the "Long Life Institute" According to the  formulation to simulate the  condition of the  fasting  body.

Longo Anderson asserts that their diet, which works to prolong life, should adapt to individuals according to sex, age, living style, health condition and genetic genetics, as there is no food system suitable for everyone alike. They wrote that people over 65 years of age, for example, may need to eat more protein to avoid weakness and diseases resulting from lower bone or muscles, or low blood cells. According to Christina Norman, head of the Department of Nutrition and Aging Sciences at the German Institute for Human Nutrition, such amendments are very important, explaining: "It is often difficult for the elderly to eat a sufficient amount of protein, as it can lead to a very little consumption Including   to   muscle loss   and an increased   risk of   falling   and exposure   to breaking   bones.   therefore   it is advised   to eat   to some extent   of meat,   more   than   is   recommended   in general.

Research conducted during more than a century, which Longo and Anderson examined, includes studies on live species that vary between simple short -lived living organism Primates  and humans  too. They also researched traditional diets in centenarian or middle-aged societies such as Okinawa, Sardinia, and Loma Linda, California.