The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100
Research Into Reversing Aging
The first dietary intervention shown to boost telomerase activity.
The first dietary intervention shown to boost telomerase activity.
Increased Telomerase Activity and Comprehensive Lifestyle Changes: a pilot study
Telomeres are protective DNA-protein complexes at the end of linear chromosomes that promote chromosomal stability. Telomere shortness in human beings is emerging as a prognostic marker of disease risk, progression, and premature mortality in many types of cancer, including breast, prostate, colorectal, bladder, head and neck, lung, and renal cell... As our telomeres get longer, however, our lives may get longer too.
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Telomeres are protective DNA-protein complexes at the end of linear chromosomes that promote chromosomal stability. Telomere shortness in human beings is emerging as a prognostic marker of disease risk, progression, and premature mortality in many types of cancer, including breast, prostate, colorectal, bladder, head and neck, lung, and renal cell... As our telomeres get longer, however, our lives may get longer too.
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Go Vegetarian, Live Longer
“A new study of more than 73,000 Americans showed that it can help you live longer. People with a plant-based diet in the study had a 20 percent lower mortality rate than meat eaters... Meat has detrimental effects in its own right, which we know from evidence accumulated over the last century linking it to heart disease and cancer. So the more meat you eat, the more you expose yourself to these negative factors."
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“A new study of more than 73,000 Americans showed that it can help you live longer. People with a plant-based diet in the study had a 20 percent lower mortality rate than meat eaters... Meat has detrimental effects in its own right, which we know from evidence accumulated over the last century linking it to heart disease and cancer. So the more meat you eat, the more you expose yourself to these negative factors."
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Eating More Vegetables Can Almost Halve Your Risk of Dying
"Seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day can lower your risk of dying by an astonishing 42%, according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health."
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"Seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day can lower your risk of dying by an astonishing 42%, according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health."
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How Plant-Based Diets May Extend Our Lives
"A recent review suggested that plant-based diets may prove to be a useful nutritional strategy for lifespan extension in part because they tend to be naturally low in the amino acid methionine. Apparently, the less methionine there is in body tissues, the longer different animals tend to live."
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"A recent review suggested that plant-based diets may prove to be a useful nutritional strategy for lifespan extension in part because they tend to be naturally low in the amino acid methionine. Apparently, the less methionine there is in body tissues, the longer different animals tend to live."
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Whole Grains Could Help You Live Longer
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health reveals that, counter to what low-carb enthusiasts would have you believe, eating whole grains improves health and may even help you live longer.
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A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health reveals that, counter to what low-carb enthusiasts would have you believe, eating whole grains improves health and may even help you live longer.
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Fruits, Veggies, and Longevity - How Many Minutes Per Mouthful?
"The first study to gauge how much longer we live based on the number of fruits and vegetables we eat suggests that a daily salad could add years to our lifespan."
"The first study to gauge how much longer we live based on the number of fruits and vegetables we eat suggests that a daily salad could add years to our lifespan."
Turning the Clock Back 14 Years
"Four simple health behaviors may cut our risk of chronic disease by nearly 80%, potentially dropping our risk of dying equivalent to that of being 14 years younger"
"Four simple health behaviors may cut our risk of chronic disease by nearly 80%, potentially dropping our risk of dying equivalent to that of being 14 years younger"
Harvard’s Meat and Mortality Studies
"The Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study concluded that red meat consumption was associated with living a significantly shorter life—increased cancer mortality, increased heart disease mortality, and increased overall mortality."
"The Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study concluded that red meat consumption was associated with living a significantly shorter life—increased cancer mortality, increased heart disease mortality, and increased overall mortality."
Meat Intake and Mortality: A Prospective Study Of Over Half A Million People
Red or Processed Meat Increases Risk of Mortality - A Study of Over Half a Million People.
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Red or Processed Meat Increases Risk of Mortality - A Study of Over Half a Million People.
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Why High Animal Protein Diets Age You faster
"Diets high in animal products can cause a host of health problems ranging from increased risk of heart disease and certain cancers to weight gain and autoimmune disorders, deteriorating digestive probiotics within. What many people don’t realize, however, is just how aging consumption of animal protein can be. While many people think that animal protein is healthy as long as its lean, the truth is that all types of animal proteins are unhealthy and can lead to critical imbalances in your body that sap you of your energy, drain minerals from your bones and cells, and actually speed up the aging process."
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"Diets high in animal products can cause a host of health problems ranging from increased risk of heart disease and certain cancers to weight gain and autoimmune disorders, deteriorating digestive probiotics within. What many people don’t realize, however, is just how aging consumption of animal protein can be. While many people think that animal protein is healthy as long as its lean, the truth is that all types of animal proteins are unhealthy and can lead to critical imbalances in your body that sap you of your energy, drain minerals from your bones and cells, and actually speed up the aging process."
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Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction
"The lifespan extension associated with dietary restriction may be due less to a reduction in calories, and more to a reduction in animal protein (particularly the amino acid leucine, which may accelerate aging via the enzyme TOR)."
"The lifespan extension associated with dietary restriction may be due less to a reduction in calories, and more to a reduction in animal protein (particularly the amino acid leucine, which may accelerate aging via the enzyme TOR)."
Preventing Wrinkles with Diet
What dietary intervention may significantly protect against wrinkles in the crow's foot area around the eyes?
What dietary intervention may significantly protect against wrinkles in the crow's foot area around the eyes?
Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep
"Some foods appear protective against the development of skin wrinkles, while others may make them worse."
"Some foods appear protective against the development of skin wrinkles, while others may make them worse."
Treating Sensitive Skin From the Inside Out
"Instead of treating sensitive skin topically, with lotions and creams, why not treat it from the inside out with diet?"
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"Instead of treating sensitive skin topically, with lotions and creams, why not treat it from the inside out with diet?"
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Produce, Not Pills to Increase Physical Attractiveness
"Kale works better at boosting antioxidant levels in the skin than synthetic beta carotene, lutein, and mixed carotenoid supplements."
"Kale works better at boosting antioxidant levels in the skin than synthetic beta carotene, lutein, and mixed carotenoid supplements."
8 Million Fewer Would Die if the World Went Vegan
"By eating less meat and more fruit and vegetables, the world could prevent several million deaths per year by 2050, cut planet-warming emissions substantially, and save billions of dollars annually in healthcare costs and climate damage, researchers said."
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"By eating less meat and more fruit and vegetables, the world could prevent several million deaths per year by 2050, cut planet-warming emissions substantially, and save billions of dollars annually in healthcare costs and climate damage, researchers said."
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John Salley: The NBA Champion On Going Vegan For Athletic Performance, Longevity & The Environment
“If you’re a professional athlete, and after the game you’re eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You’re making a mistake.” - John Salley.
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“If you’re a professional athlete, and after the game you’re eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You’re making a mistake.” - John Salley.
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Increased Lifespan From Beans
"The intake of legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long lifespan, but what about concerns about intestinal gas?"
"The intake of legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long lifespan, but what about concerns about intestinal gas?"
What Women Should Eat to Live Longer
"A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurse's Health Study compares the danger of smoking cigarettes to the danger of animal product consumption (cholesterol) and the benefits of plant foods (fiber) to the benefits of exercise."
"A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurse's Health Study compares the danger of smoking cigarettes to the danger of animal product consumption (cholesterol) and the benefits of plant foods (fiber) to the benefits of exercise."
How Plant Protein Gives You Strength (Without Aging You)
"Many people associate animal protein with strength. This is why it is common for most people in the fitness and bodybuilding community to consume excessive animal-derived products such as meat, dairy, and whey. This has also led to the rise of high protein, low carb diets such as the Paleo Diet. But do you really need to be on a high protein, low carb diet to gain strength? I don’t think so."
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"Many people associate animal protein with strength. This is why it is common for most people in the fitness and bodybuilding community to consume excessive animal-derived products such as meat, dairy, and whey. This has also led to the rise of high protein, low carb diets such as the Paleo Diet. But do you really need to be on a high protein, low carb diet to gain strength? I don’t think so."
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Blood Cell Gene Expression Associated With Cellular Stress Defense Is Modulated By Antioxidant-Rich Food In A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Of Male Smokers
"Plant-based diets rich in fruit and vegetables can prevent development of several chronic age-related diseases."
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"Plant-based diets rich in fruit and vegetables can prevent development of several chronic age-related diseases."
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Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration Of Damaged, Old Immune System
"In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study shows that cycles of prolonged fasting not only protect against immune system damage -- a major side effect of chemotherapy (& aging) -- but also induce immune system regeneration, shifting stem cells from a dormant state to a state of self-renewal."
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"In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study shows that cycles of prolonged fasting not only protect against immune system damage -- a major side effect of chemotherapy (& aging) -- but also induce immune system regeneration, shifting stem cells from a dormant state to a state of self-renewal."
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Does Meditation Affect Cellular Aging?
"Dr. Dean Ornish showed that his plant-based diet, exercise, and stress management intervention could in effect reverse the aging of our DNA. What effect might the stress management component have had?"
"Dr. Dean Ornish showed that his plant-based diet, exercise, and stress management intervention could in effect reverse the aging of our DNA. What effect might the stress management component have had?"
Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality in Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study
Four health behaviours combined predict a 4-fold difference in total mortality in men and women, with an estimated impact equivalent to 14 years in chronological age.
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Four health behaviours combined predict a 4-fold difference in total mortality in men and women, with an estimated impact equivalent to 14 years in chronological age.
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Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in the United States
Adults who do not smoke, consume a healthy diet, and engage in sufficient physical activity can substantially reduce their risk for early death.
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Adults who do not smoke, consume a healthy diet, and engage in sufficient physical activity can substantially reduce their risk for early death.
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Exercise Can Make Your Brain a Decade 'Younger' Than Your Calendar Age
"Compelling evidence shows exercise improves memory and cognition, and helps stave off dementia."
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"Compelling evidence shows exercise improves memory and cognition, and helps stave off dementia."
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Physical Activity Associated With Lower Mortality Risk
Leisure time physical activity and mortality: a detailed pooled analysis of the dose-response relationship.
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Leisure time physical activity and mortality: a detailed pooled analysis of the dose-response relationship.
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Standing Up for Your Health
"Prolonged daily sitting is associated with a shorter lifespan, even in those who exercise regularly. Standing and treadmill desks are two potential solutions for office workers."
"Prolonged daily sitting is associated with a shorter lifespan, even in those who exercise regularly. Standing and treadmill desks are two potential solutions for office workers."
A Slower Metabolism Has Been Linked To Increased Longevity
"In our superficial society products, pills, and programs claiming to boost your metabolism generate a lot of revenue. The general population wants to increase their metabolism, so they can eat whatever they choose and still lose weight. While this scenario may sound great, it is not the path to health and longevity. The reality is there is research indicating that there are health consequences to revving up your metabolism causing the body to expend more energy."
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"In our superficial society products, pills, and programs claiming to boost your metabolism generate a lot of revenue. The general population wants to increase their metabolism, so they can eat whatever they choose and still lose weight. While this scenario may sound great, it is not the path to health and longevity. The reality is there is research indicating that there are health consequences to revving up your metabolism causing the body to expend more energy."
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High Basal Metabolic Rate Is a Risk Factor for Mortality: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
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A Fast Metabolism Could Make You Age More Quickly
"When we use the word “metabolism,” we are usually referring to resting metabolic rate, which is the amount of energy (calories) that the body requires per day for its basic functions at rest. Most people believe that it is desirable to raise their metabolism, because they will burn more calories and consequently lose weight. Having a slightly lower resting metabolic rate is thought to predispose some individuals to weight gain, especially in the obesogenic food environment that we live in. However, there are unfavorable consequences to running your body at a faster-than-normal speed, and raising your metabolism is not the key to weight loss."
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"When we use the word “metabolism,” we are usually referring to resting metabolic rate, which is the amount of energy (calories) that the body requires per day for its basic functions at rest. Most people believe that it is desirable to raise their metabolism, because they will burn more calories and consequently lose weight. Having a slightly lower resting metabolic rate is thought to predispose some individuals to weight gain, especially in the obesogenic food environment that we live in. However, there are unfavorable consequences to running your body at a faster-than-normal speed, and raising your metabolism is not the key to weight loss."
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Low Resting Metabolic Rate Is Associated With Greater Lifespan Because Of A Confounding Effect Of Body Fatness
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The Endeavor of High Maintenance Homeostasis: Resting Metabolic Rate and the Legacy of Longevity
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Slowing Our Metabolism with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables
Finger on the Pulse of Longevity
"To maximize our lifespan, the target resting heart rate may be one beat a second, or less."
"To maximize our lifespan, the target resting heart rate may be one beat a second, or less."
Mitochondrial Theory of Aging
"The role of the detoxifying enzyme superoxide dismutase in staving off aging, cancer, and dementia and what we can do to boost its activity."
"The role of the detoxifying enzyme superoxide dismutase in staving off aging, cancer, and dementia and what we can do to boost its activity."
Why Do We Age?
"A bacteria discovered on Easter Island may hold the key to the proverbial fountain of youth by producing rapamycin, which inhibits the engine-of-aging enzyme TOR."
"A bacteria discovered on Easter Island may hold the key to the proverbial fountain of youth by producing rapamycin, which inhibits the engine-of-aging enzyme TOR."
Global Life Expectancy Rises, But People Live Sicker For Longer
"People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries."
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"People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries."
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