DIET

LONGEVITY DIET

What is your reaction to this study’s findings?

I strongly support this study; plant-based diets provide the body with healthy nutrients and minerals, while intermittent fasting helps the body keep a regular clock of how food is hypothesized. Intermittent fasting can boost longevity if done at night as it enhances natural cell cleaning while enhancing the use of plant nutrients. Plant diets can also lower the risks of illnesses and boost immune and body processes.

What are time-restrained eating and intermittent fasting, and how might they help us live longer?

Time-restrained or restricted eating refers to an eating plan which limits or lowers the time one can have meals in a day. This does not limit your calorie intake and amount of food. People can eat what they want, but for a specific duration, usually 8-12 hours during the day, and avoid eating in the remaining hours.

Intermittent fasting entails having regular fasting and eating when you take your meals. The fasting window can range from 12 to 16 hours.

These two eating habits can increase one’s lifespan by enhancing autophagy, adaptive stress, formation of antioxidants, cell cleaning, lower calorie intake, reducing risks of tumor growth, and preventing age-related infections.

What are some current diets people can follow that parallel the type of diet recommended in this study?

I highly recommend the blue zones or Mediterranean diet, flexitarian diet, and volumetrics diet. 

Barbara is a freelance writer and a sex and relationships adviser at Dimepiece LA and Peaches and Screams. Barbara is involved in various educational initiatives aimed at making sex advice more accessible to everyone and breaking stigmas around sex across various cultural communities. In her spare time, Barbara enjoys trawling through vintage markets in Brick Lane, exploring new places, painting and reading.

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