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The Longevity Diet: Discover Calorie Restriction--the Only Proven Way to Slow the Aging Process and Maintain Peak Vitality

The Longevity Diet: Discover Calorie Restriction--the Only Proven Way to Slow the Aging Process and Maintain Peak Vitality
By Brian M. Delaney, Lisa Walford

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At last, here's a book that synthesizes the increasingly popular CR (Calorie Restriction) diet for the layperson. CR is not a diet primarily about weight loss, although readers will lose weight. CR is about eating highly nutritious foods to extend your healthy years. Here's the concept: eat fewer calories and choose foods more carefully. This will reallocate how your metabolism uses its resources to convert food into energy; in other words, what goes in will be used more efficiently. You will feel better and function better—and the big bonus: the CR diet slows aging. CR lengthens the periods of youth and middle age and substantially reduces the risk of virtually all the diseases of aging. Brian Delaney and Lisa Walford, two longtime CR practitioners, will take you on a handheld stroll through the process, including an introduction to CR, how to do it, some of the key issues in the current dialogue, and the skinny on superfoods.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #12862 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-06-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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Giving this diet a try is something that I, as a physician, and as a researcher . . . would very strongly recommend. -- Roy L. Walford, MD, (1924-2004), CR pioneer, author of Maximum Lifespan and Beyond the 120-Year Diet

Offers a new way of living. . . . It helps readers mull over a commitment to themselves to live long and healthy. -- Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Heath, Inc., author of The Anti-Aging Pill and How to Live 100 Years without Growing Old

This book is a valuable tool for those interested in living a longer, healthier life. -- Stephen R. Spindler, PHD, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside

About the Author
Lisa Walford is the coauthor of The Anti-Aging Plan with her father, Dr. Roy Walford, and has been on the CR diet for more than a decade. She lives in Venice, California.
Brian Delaney is the president of the Calorie Restriction Society and lives in Jupiter, Florida.

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The Longevity Diet - a CR Staple!5
"The Longevity Diet" is a PR book for the CR movement: whereas Walford's "120-year diet" is an intimidating treatise on the Calorie Restriction paradigm, "The Longevity Diet" is a highly accessible, friendly, gentle introduction to the CR movement; whereas Walford's book is a sprawling all-you-can-read buffet of facts that requires a stack of bookmarks and a dozen of highlighters, "The Longevity Diet" is an informationally-nutrient snack that you can get through in one evening without having to dog-ear a single page.

As such, "The Longevity Diet" is a "staple" of the CR genre!

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Much to Appreciate3
Even if one does not follow any of the recipes in this book the reader will get a good feel of what kinds of foods are most important for proper nutrition. But the bottom line is simply that the reader can improve their chances to live longer by eating high nutrition foods but, with less calories then you burn, until you are real skinny. Then diligently stay skinny by eating the right amounts of the most nutritious foods. Severe exercise programs are discouraged.

Great results5
I bought this book back in September of 2007, so a bit over 4 months ago. Like any "diet book", I didn't follow it literally. There's no way I'm measuring everything I eat. But I did follow the general concepts, and one particular big idea. I focused myself on eating more of what's good for you. More vegetables, more blueberries and other fruits. I also focused on eating less of things that are nutrient-poor. Less bread, less pasta, etc. I still eat stuff that's "bad" for you (the common notion of bad - cheese, salami, etc.), though much less than before.

Anyway, I lost 5-10 pounds fast. In that first couple of weeks I went hungry at times. It felt too fast, and at times I felt light-headed. So I checked in with my doctor (I was fine) and ate a little more. My weight steadied. I had my cholesterol checked after a couple of months and it was a big improvement. Now I generally eat better and it's more of a habit than an effort. I'm still losing gradually and have lost 15-20 pounds so far.

I've read many "diet books" in the past. South Beach wasn't bad, but this is significantly better. By that I mean it worked better for me. You don't have to follow the book to the letter to make it work, and to the authors' credit, they say so and offer advice on that.