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compiled by bob ray | DECEMBER 29, 2022
EDITED BY: ARIEL
I bought the book, The Longevity Diet, by Valter Longo Ph.D. It’s all about fasting. Valter is an advisor to Prolon, which offers 5 days fast that allows you to eat a little and still get the benefits of the fast. I did the fast and read the book. Toward the end of the book he offered this warning: Don’t fast if you’re over 65, you’ll lose muscle. Since I am 80 and already did the fast, it was too late.
Fasting tells your body that you are starving. This sets in motion a survival reaction that resets your aging clock backward.
Since I offer several other ways of resetting your aging clock backward, I recommend you try them instead and leave the starving to the masochists.
Below is the introduction to Prolon from their website.
ProLon® is a 5-day dietary program carefully designed to nourish and rejuvenate your body while supporting metabolic balance.
The ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet® gives many of the benefits of a fast while letting you eat delicious food to help fight hunger and lose weight while protecting lean body mass. Get a trimmer waistline and many of the associated benefits of fasting without requiring ongoing lifestyle changes, such as long-term dieting.
What is intermittent fasting?
Intermittent fasting involves switching between days of fasting and days of eating normally.
Intermittent fasting diets fall generally into two categories - time-restricted feeding, which narrows eating times to 6-8 hours per day, also known as the 16:8 diet, and 5:2 intermittent fasting.
The 16:8 diet is a form of intermittent fasting, also known as Time Restricted Eating.
Followers of the eating plan fast for 16 hours a day, and eat whatever they want in the remaining eight hours - typically between 10 am and 6 pm.
This may be more tolerable than the well-known 5:2 diet - where followers restrict their calories to 500–to 600 a day for two days a week and then eat as normal for the remaining five days.
In addition to weight loss, 16:8 intermittent fasting is believed to improve blood sugar control, boost brain function and help us live longer.
Many prefer to eat between noon and 8 pm as this means they only need to fast overnight and skip breakfast, but can still eat lunch and dinner, along with a few snacks.
When you do eat, it is best to opt for healthy options like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and drink water and unsweetened beverages.
The drawbacks of the fasting plan may be that people overindulge in the hours they can eat, leading to weight gain.
It can also result in digestive problems over the long term, as well as hunger, fatigue, and weakness.
Lead author of the new study Professor Yangbo Sun, from the University of Tennessee, said: 'At a time when intermittent fasting is widely touted as a solution for weight loss, metabolic health, and disease prevention, our study is important for the large segment of American adults who eat fewer than three meals each day.
'Our research revealed that individuals eating only one meal a day are more likely to die than those who had more daily meals.
'Among them, participants who skip breakfast are more likely to develop fatal cardiovascular diseases, while those who skip lunch or dinner increase their risk of death from all causes.'
'Based on these findings, we recommend eating at least two to three meals spread throughout the day.'
In the study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Diabetics, her team analyzed data from 24,011 over-40s from across the US.
They were already participants in a nationally representative survey that ran from 1999 to 2014 and asked them about diet, general health, disease, and behaviors every two years. Forty percent of participants ate fewer than three meals a day, on average.
Their survey answers were linked to their medical records. Overall there were 4,175 deaths by the end of the study, including 878 caused by heart problems.
Compared with participants who ate three meals per day, consuming just one meal was linked to a 30 percent increased risk of all-cause mortality and an 83 percent raised risk of heart disease death.
People who skipped breakfast were at a 40 percent increased risk of heart disease death compared to those who did not, but there was no difference in all-cause mortality.
However, people who missed out on lunch or dinner were 12 to 16 percent more likely to die for any reason.
Meanwhile, people who ate three meals per day but had an average gap of fewer than four-and-a-half hours between at least two of those had a 17 percent increased risk of all-cause mortality, compared to people who spaced their meals out by five or more hours.
Senior study author Dr. Wei Bao, an epidemiologist at the University of Iowa, said: 'Our results are significant even after adjustments for dietary and lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol use, physical activity levels, energy intake, and diet quality) and food insecurity.
Intermittent fasting – one of the most popular and promoted dieting techniques – may actually raise the risk of early death.
A study of 24,000 Americans over 40 found those who ate one meal per day were 30 percent more likely to die from any cause in 15 years than those who ate three.
Intermittent fasting – which means eating within a strict time window or skipping meals entirely – became one of the hottest diet tools in the early 2010s.
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN
MARK WALBERG
Intermittent fasting – one of the most popular and promoted dieting techniques – may actually raise the risk of early death.
A study of 24,000 Americans over 40 found those who ate one meal per day were 30 percent more likely to die from any cause in 15 years than those who ate three.
Intermittent fasting – which means eating within a strict time window or skipping meals entirely – became one of the hottest diet tools in the early 2010s.
Intermittent fasting — the celeb-favorite diet followed by Kourtney Kardashian and Mark Walberg — may RAISE your risk of early death by 30%, a study suggests
- The study tracked 24,000 Americans over 40 from across the US for nearly 15 years
- Compared to three, one meal a day is linked to a 30% raised risk of all-cause death
- Skipping breakfast was linked to a higher chance of dying from heart disease
- But missing lunch or dinner appeared to raise the risk of death from any cause Results remained even if people exercised, ate healthily, and rarely smoked
A-list celebrities such as Kourtney Kardashian, Mark Wahlberg, Hugh Jackman, and Jennifer Aniston say it helps them lose weight or detox their bodies.
Ironically, one of the main benefits cited by followers of the diet is longevity. It had previously been linked to a lower risk of multiple diseases.
In the latest study, skipping breakfast was linked to a higher risk of dying from heart disease, while missing lunch or breakfast appeared to raise the chance of all-cause mortality.
The results remained even if people exercised, ate healthily, and rarely smoked or drank alcohol, the researchers claim.
They say fasters usually end up consuming a relatively large amount of food in one go, which over time may damage the body's cells.
The team caution it is still too early to say definitively that fasting played a role in the early deaths as they can't rule out other lifestyle and genetic factors.
The latest study, by researchers from the University of Tennessee, found that three meals per day were the sweet spot for a longer life.
But the research found that eating them too close together was also linked to an increased risk of early death.
Like their theory with fasting, the team believes eating too much too quickly puts metabolic strain on the body.
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