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Eat Less, Live Longer

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During my third year of medical school I stumbled upon an online article about calorie restriction with optimal nutrition. I read about an apparently simple diet intervention that prolonged the average and maximum lifespan of laboratory animals such as yeast, fruit flies, worms and mice. At that time, I wasn't aware that such experiments were already done on non-human primates too.Honestly, I dismissed it as a curiosity, an intervention that could have some effect in simple organisms such as fruit flies, but something which would never work in complex beings like us. It just seemed too good to be true.Time passed and proved me wrong. Given an early childhood fascination with the limits of life extension, I studied engineering and medicine in an attempt to radically prolong human lifespan. After a short stint of research in neural prosthetics in a German lab, I realized implanting artificial devices into the human body is not a long-term solution.I returned home where I started the medical residency in geriatrics, the branch of medicine specialized in age-associated diseases. A funny thing happened then. Reading about theories of aging is one thing. Daily caring for people 3-4 times your age is a completely different thing and I started to connect the dots.I noticed some people aged like wine and others aged like vinegar. According to their skinny frames and detailed lifetime stories, it looked like calorie intake had something to do with it. That's how I got started in typing the first words for this book.********* TABLE OF CONTENTS ***********Introduction 1Basic Principles of Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 4What You Will NOT Find in this Book 5How Should You Use This Book? 6Less is More for Rodents. Is It the Same for Humans? 9Indications and Contraindications of Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 17Medical Tests for Monitoring Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 20How Do You Choose Quality Food? 25Where to Source Quality Food 25When Looks May Deceive You 29Which Food Choices Provide the Most Nutrients for the Least Amount of Calories? 35Beverages 35The Smoothie Formula 38The Joys of Vegetables 41The Basic Soup 49The Wonders of Roe 52How to Serve Fish 53Sushi – the Perfect Ocean Food 56Edible Mushrooms 58Pates, Dips and Spreads 60Animal Products and Offal 64A Small Guide to Culinary Herbs and Spices 66The Comfort of Herbal Teas 68Desserts 70A Raw Vegan Cake 74Eating out When Restricting Calories 76How to Turn Quality Ingredients into Amazing Dishes 79Where Can You Source Nutritious Low-Calorie Recipes? 79Cooking Utensils or Tools of the Trade 82Calorie Restriction for the Long Term 85The Ups and Downs of Fasting 86How to Implement Calorie Restriction as a Full-Time Professional 88The Practical Shopping List 90How to Choose Dietary Supplements 93Are There Alternatives to Calorie Restriction? 97The End 109Acknowledgments 111Bibliography 113
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During my third year of medical school I stumbled upon an online article about calorie restriction with optimal nutrition. I read about an apparently simple diet intervention that prolonged the average and maximum lifespan of laboratory animals such as yeast, fruit flies, worms and mice. At that time, I wasn't aware that such experiments were already done on non-human primates too.Honestly, I dismissed it as a curiosity, an intervention that could have some effect in simple organisms such as fruit flies, but something which would never work in complex beings like us. It just seemed too good to be true.Time passed and proved me wrong. Given an early childhood fascination with the limits of life extension, I studied engineering and medicine in an attempt to radically prolong human lifespan. After a short stint of research in neural prosthetics in a German lab, I realized implanting artificial devices into the human body is not a long-term solution.I returned home where I started the medical residency in geriatrics, the branch of medicine specialized in age-associated diseases. A funny thing happened then. Reading about theories of aging is one thing. Daily caring for people 3-4 times your age is a completely different thing and I started to connect the dots.I noticed some people aged like wine and others aged like vinegar. According to their skinny frames and detailed lifetime stories, it looked like calorie intake had something to do with it. That's how I got started in typing the first words for this book.********* TABLE OF CONTENTS ***********Introduction 1Basic Principles of Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 4What You Will NOT Find in this Book 5How Should You Use This Book? 6Less is More for Rodents. Is It the Same for Humans? 9Indications and Contraindications of Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 17Medical Tests for Monitoring Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition 20How Do You Choose Quality Food? 25Where to Source Quality Food 25When Looks May Deceive You 29Which Food Choices Provide the Most Nutrients for the Least Amount of Calories? 35Beverages 35The Smoothie Formula 38The Joys of Vegetables 41The Basic Soup 49The Wonders of Roe 52How to Serve Fish 53Sushi – the Perfect Ocean Food 56Edible Mushrooms 58Pates, Dips and Spreads 60Animal Products and Offal 64A Small Guide to Culinary Herbs and Spices 66The Comfort of Herbal Teas 68Desserts 70A Raw Vegan Cake 74Eating out When Restricting Calories 76How to Turn Quality Ingredients into Amazing Dishes 79Where Can You Source Nutritious Low-Calorie Recipes? 79Cooking Utensils or Tools of the Trade 82Calorie Restriction for the Long Term 85The Ups and Downs of Fasting 86How to Implement Calorie Restriction as a Full-Time Professional 88The Practical Shopping List 90How to Choose Dietary Supplements 93Are There Alternatives to Calorie Restriction? 97The End 109Acknowledgments 111Bibliography 113
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Family & Relationships Medical Nonfiction
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    Anca Ioviţă

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 25, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781310462894
    File size: 165 KB
    Release date: September 25, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781310462894
    File size: 196 KB
    Release date: September 25, 2015

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