The longevity expert says it is to avoid eating the "toxic 5 ps" if you want to live at 100
He opens with what he learned about the best diet to live longer.
Many of us are convinced that the long -life path is paved with what we eat every day. Maybe you started following the Food secrets of the most living people, or you have tried it " The healthiest breakfast in the world . "But a long life could also concern what you don't do it eat. In a new interview with The New York Times ,, Valter Longo , PHD, professor of gerontology and director of the University of Southern California Institute of California (USC), opened what he learned about longevity by studying his country of origin in Italy. Read the rest to discover the "toxic 5 ps" Longo says that you should avoid eating if you want to live at 100.
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Many Italians have experienced more than 100.
Italy is known to have one of the oldest populations in the world. In fact, the city of Sardinia, Italy , was the first of Five blue zones to discover. (Blue areas are the parts of the world where most people live at 100 or more.)
"To study aging, Italy is simply incredible," said Longo, who heads a laboratory in a cancer institute in Milan, The New York Times . "It's Nirvana."
The 56-year-old man grew up in the city of Genoa, but has often visited his grandparents in Molochio, another part of Italy known for his large number of centenarians. Due to its history and research since, Longo has become dedicated to learning how people can age well.
"I want to live at 120, 130. It makes you really paranoid now because everyone is like" yeah, of course, you have at least to reach 100 "", he said. "You do not realize how difficult it is to arrive at 100."
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But Longo is concerned about the rise of the "five toxic PS".
According to Longo, one of the main factors that have helped the aging Italian population through history is the regime. More specifically, the original Mediterranean regime which, according to him, has largely lost against most modern Italians.
"Almost no one in Italy follows the Mediterranean regime," said Longo Nyt .
Instead, the modern Italian diet is mainly composed of savory meats, lasagna layers and fried vegetables, which Longo considers "horrible and a source of disease".
The longevity expert is particularly worried about what Italian children eat these days - noting that many fight against obesity because of the "five toxic PS": pizza, pasta, proteins, potatoes and windows (Italian for the bread).
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He encourages people to return to the original Mediterranean diet.
Longo pleads for a longer and better life by eating the diet based on plants and nuts he created, called Lite Italian.
"It is very similar to the original Mediterranean regime, not the present", " Romina Cervigni , PHD, resident nutritionist of the Longo private foundation, based in Milan, told the Nyt .
Longo details more from his Longevity diet for adults on its website.
"Eat mainly vegan, more a little fish, limiting meals with fish to a maximum of two or three per week," he said in his directives. "Consume beans, chickpeas, green peas and other legumes as the main source of protein."
The longevity expert also encourages false-fastally.
Longo also released The longevity diet , which he describes as a "clinically tested diet program, based on decades of research, to fight against diseases, maintain an ideal weight and live a longer and healthier life". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
This program focuses on its everyday Italian diet, as well as on "five days of fasting diet that you will implement four times a year".
The combination of the diet based on plants and longgo nuts with supplements and little ones of kiss that imitate fasting allow cells to lose harmful luggage and to rejuvenate without making hunger, he said to Nyt .
Longo encourages adults to also follow what is often called intermittent fasting for its longevity diet.
"Confine all by eating within twelve hours; for example, start after 8 hours and end before 8 pm," he said on his website. "Do not eat anything in the three to four o'clock following the bedtime."
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