Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

by Roy L. Walford MD
Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

by Roy L. Walford MD

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Overview

According to Dr. Roy Walford, there's no need for plastic surgery or obsessive exercising to escape the effects of time. He argues that longevity can be significantly increased by a diet that contains all the required nutrients but about a third fewer calories. In this completely revised edition of The 120 Year Diet, Dr. Walford explains - and backs up his explanation with laboratory evidence - why he believes that the anti-aging diet can preserve one's vital, productive years and extend the human life span to well beyond its present maximum. A perfect companion to the author's The Anti-Aging Plan, this book also includes 20 days of varied high-nutrition menus that contain fewer than 1,500 calories a day.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781568581576
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 08/08/2000
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile: 1440L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Editionxi
Chapter 1Better Health and Greater Longevity1
Let's Get Oriented1
Proof and Probability3
Principles of the CRON Diet5
Interacting with Your Chosen Physician7
Average and Maximum Life Spans9
Questions and Answers11
The Nature of Evidence22
Chapter 2Gauging Aging and Measuring Success: What is Your Biologic Age? Is the Cron Diet Working For You?27
The Concept of Biomarkers27
The Biomarkers of Aging28
Tests You Can Do on Yourself33
Tests Your Doctor Can Do or Arrange to Have Done35
When and How Often to Get the Biomarker Tests Done41
The Biomarkers of Success43
Chapter 3Scientific Background of the CRON Diet: the Animal Evidence45
Introduction to Evidence45
Effects of the CRON Diet on Life Span47
Effect of the CRON Diet on Disease51
Cancer51
Diseases of the Heart, Blood Vesels, and Kidneys52
Other Age-Related Diseases52
Effects of the CRON Diet on Biomarkers54
The CRON Diet and Brain Function55
The Monkey Experiments56
How does the CRON Diet Work?57
Summary59
Chapter 4The CRON Diet for Humans: First Principles61
Parameters of the CRON Diet for Humans61
Reaching for Maximum Metabolic Efficiency64
The Concept of Nutrient Density66
The Parable of Ross's Rats68
Nutrient-Dense Food Combinations70
When to Go on the Diet75
How to Lose Weight77
Fasting82
Appetite and Its Control83
Will It Work?85
Translatability85
Direct Evidence87
The Okinawan Experience88
Dr. Vallejo's Experiment89
Two Venerable Gentlemen89
Summary90
Chapter 5Prevent What is Going to Kill You91
Aging without Sickness91
The Average American Diet: Quantity without Quality94
The Scale of Obesity97
Body Weight and Overall Mortality100
Diet and the Killer Diseases102
Arteriosclerosis and Heart Disease104
"The Big C"117
Hypertension and Stroke122
Aretaeus of Cappadocia Named It Diabetes127
Osteoporosis131
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease134
A Lesson from Biosphere 2134
Chapter 6The Complex Philosophy of Supplementation139
Introduction139
Criteria for Looking140
Where Is the 45-Month-Old Mouse?143
Fundamental Difference Between Preventing Disease and Retarding Aging143
Let's Look at the Faddists and Commercializers146
And Now for the Establishment Prejudices146
The Recommended Daily Allowances150
The Seventh Criterion152
The Classes of Supplements153
Antioxidants153
Phytochemicals158
Hormones and Hormone Replacement Therapy158
Fatty Acids161
Drugs as Supplements161
Summary and Conclusions161
Chapter 7Practical Supplementation163
Introduction163
Vegetables and Fruits and Other Foods168
Antioxidants170
Vitamin E170
Vitamin C172
Lipoic Acid175
Phytochemicals175
Flavonoids175
Phytoestrogens177
Isothiocyanates178
Diallylsulfides178
The Chemicals of Tea178
Carotenes179
Selenium183
B-Vitamins: B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine), Folacin, and B12187
CoQ10190
Carnitine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine191
Fatty Acids: the N-6s (Omega-6s) and the N-3s (Omega-3s)192
SAMe194
Hormones: Growth Hormone, DHEA, Melatonin194
Conclusion196
Chapter 8Exercise, Stretching, and the Maladies of Wear and Tear197
Introduction197
Exercise197
Animal Studies198
Human Population Studies200
Effect of Exercise on Actual Disease Incidence and Longevity202
The Interplay between Diet and Exercise203
Recommendations for Exercise204
Stretching205
The Maladies of Wear and Tear212
Conclusion213
Chapter 9The Whole Program215
Introduction215
Step 1Change of Food Habits219
Step 2General Health Measures222
Find a Doctor Sympathetic to Life Extension224
The General Status Examination225
Body Mass Index (BMI) and Percent Body Fat225
Step 3Your Biomarker Program227
Biomarkers of Aging227
Biomarkers of Success228
Step 4The Dietary Program228
How Much Weight Should You Lose?228
What Calorie Level to Settle on230
Amounts of Protein, Fat, Cholesterol, Carbohydrate, and Fiber231
Food Types to Favor233
Daily Menus the Easy Way239
When Eating Out, Dine241
Supplementation243
Exercise246
Chapter 10Foods and Tips for a CRON-Diet Cuisine249
Introduction249
Stocking the Larder251
Equipment252
Nutrient-Dense Menus253
Dressings257
Sauces259
Broths261
Bites and Tidbits262
Appendix AFood Combinations and Tasty Menus for the Healthiest 14 Days of Your Life291
Appendix BNutritive Values of the Best Foods337
Readings and Resources381
References and Notes387
Index417
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