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Ok,se we all know folks who exercise and lift weights look younger than those who don't.
Now I have to ask,which is the best diet that seems to slow the aging process,in your opinion?
The 2 that I have heard of are the raw vegan diet(those folks look 20 to 30 younger than their actual ages) and the low carb diet. The theory behind that is. Sugar speeds up the aging process,as evidenced by the new studies that show constant high blood sugar makes the heart become inflammed leading to heart disease.
Then of course the study with the mice that ate less calories and lived longer than the ones who didn't.....but I guess that one is connected to the raw vegan diet,since I really doubt those folks go over their caloric limit. I'm pretty sure they stay camped in the bathroom.
The healthy one that works with your body and inclinations that you enjoy sticking to.
I think everyone has slightly different nutritional needs for that extra level of help due to genetics or past eating habits. When how you are eating makes you feel good and you can see a difference in your skin, you are on the right foods for you.
Although I think there are general rules that apply to everyone:
- Avoid: processed food, drinking, smoking, too much sugar (25g max for women), too much fat, not enough fat, wrongs kinds of fat.
Side note: Atkins induction is high fat BUT you are only suppose to be on that for two weeks.
Two weeks of "extremes" is accepted by most doctors. IF the dieter stays on induction longer than two weeks they have to clear it with a doctor. Just adding that as the media twists low carb stories to fit the article if needed and shows that the writer did not actually read the entire book if at all.
When I lived in Italy and adopted a 'Mediterranean diet' was when my cholesterol went up. My employer had me seeing a nutritionist every month to gain control of my cholesterol, and she said that among Americans about 10% of us have bodies that react in this manner.
I don't know about entire diets, but some foods are known for their rejuvenating effects, for instance pomegranates, ginger root, garlic, onions, tomato pulp. Some say, spicy food is also good, I use lots of piripiri and curry Except for my partly silver hair, I do look younger than I am, maybe thanks to my vegetarian diet over the past quarter of a century, who knows... And I sleep a lot and avoid stress, working only as much as necessary rather than as much as possible.
I think intermittent fasting is the easiest way (for me) to get the life-extending benefits of modified caloric restriction.
It gets easier as you get used to it and it is pretty flexible. I fast 3-4 days a week (500 clories or less) and found that my eating started to mimic the paleo type regimen, with a few exceptions.. like I will eat bread with my ham and eggs for breakfast on feast days. Normally I will alternate fast with feast but during the holidays I must make adjustments for social reasons and so I utilize what I call "transition" or "shift" days which are two days in a row of something between fast and feast followed by a normal "feast" day (which has never turned into excess even tho that would be technically acceptable). On a "shift day" I do not go hungry but I also won't eat bread, processed food, or drink anything but coffee or water or real juice drinks. A fast day entails very little eating and I WILL feel hunger for about three hours, after which time I am good until the next day at noon. I often excersize moderately for one hour in the morning on my feast days after which i eat a good lunch which will keep me well-satisfied until dinner. I like this eating style and have lost a very noticeable amount of weight even though that was not my purpose in starting IM. I feel and look pretty good for a chick who is no spring chicken!
P.S. I am not sure if life extension equals anti-aging, but i'll take it.
I would say a diet that is extremely rich in antioxidants and EPA and DHA . You need some exercise and keep stress low. How you look at various advanced ages is largely genes.
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Except for my partly silver hair, I do look younger than I am, maybe thanks to my vegetarian diet over the past quarter of a century, who knows... And I sleep a lot and avoid stress, working only as much as necessary rather than as much as possible.
