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Mar 31

Can you live past 100? Italian longevity expert believes so – Deseret News

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No matter the age, we often hear about the importance of eating right, exercising and getting enough vitamins and minerals to be healthy. However, the vast amount of information on what types of exercises we should do, food we should eat or supplements our bodies need can be confusing.

Is there a correct path we should follow for a long and healthy life? An Italian longevity expert believes he has the answer, according to The New York Times.

According to the Healthy Longevity Clinic, longevity means a long duration of a healthy life. This includes:

Valter Longo, an Italian professor of gerontology and director of the U.S.C. Longeviy Institute in California and past rock guitarist, obsesses over longevity, per The New York Times.

Longo told The New York Times, I want to live to 120, 130. It really makes you paranoid now because everybodys like, Yeah, of course you got at least to get to 100. You dont realize how hard it is to get to 100.

Researchers specializing in human longevity assert that the foundation for living past 100 years lies within an individuals DNA, which encompasses the genetic inheritance passed down from their parents, per The Washington Post.

S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago told The Washington Post, You cant make it out that far without having already won the genetic lottery at birth.

Besides genetics, The Washington Post says environment, lifestyle and location matter too. Ask yourself these questions:

Longo, who is also currently working on identifying genes that regulate aging, advocates for a diet he terms The Longevity Diet in his new book. He believes that this diet, characterized by the Lite Italian diet and faux fasting, is the way to reach 100 years, per The New York Times.

Lite Italian is similar to the Mediterranean diet. However, Longo notes the diet should be pescatarian, or fish heavy, with legumes.

Per Cleveland Clinic, a traditional Mediterranean diet includes:

According to The Celiac MD, faux fasting effectively fools the body into believing it is undergoing a fast while still permitting some food consumption. A fasting-mimicking diet seeks to harness the advantages of fasting while mitigating the associated difficulties, including hunger, fatigue and headaches.

What food should you eat while faux fasting? Longo developed a plant and nut-based diet supplemented with kale crackers and other supplements.

According to Longo, this dietary approach enables cells to rid themselves of harmful components and rejuvenate, all without the adverse effects of fasting and starvation, per The New York Times.

His recent study, published in Nature Communications, found that individuals who did periodic cycles of faux fasting reduced insulin resistance, pre-diabetes markers and immune system age all indicating reduced biological age.

Before trying a new diet, consult with your doctor about how it might affect you.

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