Anti Aging Diet Benefits
The anti-aging diet is limits calorie intake by 30–50% of normal intake with the goal of increasing human lifespan by at least 30%. People on the diet also have improved health providing they consume adequate vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients.
Calorie Restrictive Diet:
The awareness that a calorie-restrictive diet can significantly increase lifespan has been around since 1930s. Till today more than 2000 studies have been done about calorie restriction. Calorie restriction is a lifelong approach to eating by significantly lowering daily calorie intake while still getting all the body’s required nutrients. Although there are variations between anti-aging diets, most reduced calorie diets recommend a core set of foods. These include vegetables, fruits, fish, soy, low-fat or non-fat dairy products, nuts, avocados, and olive oil. The primary beverages recommended are water and green or black tea.
The rapid orientation method allows people to eat low calorie meals rich in nutrients. All foods low in nutrients are eliminated from the diet. A sample one-day low-calorie, high-nutrition menu developed by Walford is:
- Breakfast: One cup of orange juice, one poached egg, one slice of mixed whole-grain bread, and one cup of brewed coffee or tea.
- Lunch: One-half a cup of low-fat cottage cheese mixed with one-half a cup of non-fat yogurt and one tablespoon of toasted wheat germ, an apple, and one whole wheat English muffin.
- Dinner: Three ounces of roasted chicken breast without the skin, a baked potato, and one cup of steamed spinach.
- Snack: Five dates, an oat bran muffin, and one cup of low-fat milk.
Calorie Restrictive Benefits:
The three meals and snack contain 1,472 calories, 92 g protein, 24 g fat, 234 g carbohydrates, 27 g fiber, and 310 g cholesterol. The essential benefits of the anti-aging diet are improved health and prevention or forestalling diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.
