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How To Live Longer
Tests have shown that a calorie-restricted diet can increase life span by 40%. (1) How come? Because you live longer if the aging process is slowed down. By burning calories, free oxidative radicals are set free, and these radicals affect all your organs.
But how can damage done by these radicals accelerate the aging process?
Aging is accelerated if the renewal of old cells is accelerated, simply because these cells can only be renewed for a fixed number of times. It's like with money; the faster you spend your money, the sooner there will be no more money left. The faster cells need to be replaced, the more the aging of this organ is accelerated. So, how to slow down the aging process? By minimizing the influence of all substances that in one way or the other have pro-oxidative properties. (pro-oxidative properties = the property to cause damage to cells)
What does this mean in practice?
* Calorie-utilization restriction, by minimizing physical exercise and optimizing its effectiveness; If you want to work out, do isolation exercises, which are more effective to have good muscle definition despite low exercise activity. If you want to do cardiovascular activities, don't exercise more than once in every 3 days, and don't overdo it. More is not better. If you want to lose weight, the only healthy and lasting way to do so, is by adjusting your diet and if you want to burn fat faster, you need to do it most efficiently (the highest fat / total energy ratio), by walking (not speed walking) for at least an hour a day.
* Calorie-intake restriction. Appetite-enhancers (beta-carbolines and opioid peptides) in our daily food make us eat more than we need, not only causing obesity and diabetes, but also accelerating the aging process of our entire body. The easy solution: Let your diet consist of mostly raw foods; fruits, fresh juices, raw nuts and raw animal food, which do not contain appetite enhancers.
* Minimizing the intake of radicals present in our daily diet: - All foods that are cooked, steamed, broiled, or heated in whatever other way, contain lots of radicals, like heterocyclic amines. - Minerals like iron, zinc, calcium etc. all have pro-oxidative properties, so you better not take supplements containing minerals, nor dairy products. Your body can easily absorb all required minerals even from low-mineral diets, by multiplying the absorption rate. - So-called anti-oxidants like vitamin E and vitamin C have pro-oxidative properties when taken in excess. So, you better not take supplements containing such anti-oxidants, nor anti-oxidants-enriched foods.
* Minimizing the exposure to environmental radicals; present in: - cigarette smoke (partially the same as in cooked foods) - polluted air (from factories, cars etc.) - foods treated with pesticides / herbicides. Regarding fruits; make sure to peel ALL fruits, since most of these chemicals are contained in the peel / skin. - soft plastic. These plastics (including those used to cover up cut fruits) contain harmful phtalates, which leach into the foods that come in contact with these plastics.
And of course, diseases can also make your life shorter, and/or miserable. So, you better prevent those diseases that can be caused by diet.
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(1) Miller RA, Extending life: scientific prospects and political obstacles. Milbank Q 2002 ;80(1):155-74. , Sreekumar R, et al, Effects of caloric restriction on mitochondrial function and gene transcripts in rat muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2002 Jul ; 283 (1) / E38-43. , Jolly CA, et al, Life span is prolonged in food-restricted autoimmune-prone (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice fed a diet enriched with (n-3) fatty acids. J Nutr 2001 Oct;131(10):2753-60. , Hansen BC, et al, Calorie restriction in nonhuman primates: mechanisms of reduced morbidity and mortality. Toxicol Sci 1999 Dec / 52 (2 Suppl) / 56-60.
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