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Valter Longo
On the one hand, I teach my students never to trust their results, nor those of others, and always to expect that something will go wrong—the great result they might be so excited about will probably change under further scrutiny and experimentation, or when looked at from a different angle. On the other hand, I teach them that everything is possible. Think of big ideas; if you can dream it, you might be able to do it.
mice given a low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet lived the longest but also displayed improved health. Mice on a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet lived the shortest and had the worst health, despite the effect of the diet on weight loss
our discovery that low-protein intake is associated with extended longevity and a major reduction in cancer in people age sixty-five and younger, but not in those above
(0.31 to 0.36 grams per pound of body weight). That comes to 40 to 47 grams of protein per day for a person weighing 130 pounds,
Limit sugar to less than 10 grams per day.
I encourage anyone whose parents or grandparents had Alzheimer’s disease to pursue genetic testing to determine if they have risk factors for the disease. If the tests come back positive, they may want to talk to their doctor about adopting the dietary recommendations that follow.
