Alla tavola dellla longevità

I have two different opinions about this book. One is scientific and the other is more formal. I will start with the bad one (but please do not forget to read the positive one!) As a book, I would say that this work is not of high writing quality (I would give it 2 stars). Some paragraphs are enterta Leggi tutto

The summary is that if you want to decrease likelihood of getting diseases you're genetically predisposed to (cancer, diabetes, heart disease), eat a mostly vegan diet until you turn about 65 year old, exercise, keep your BMI at the lower end of the normal range and do his 5-day fasting mimicking di Leggi tutto

This book is an eye-opener with respect to the FMD (fasting mimicking diet), but the actual Longevity Diet falls short for me for a few reasons. Valter says that the two things that will age one quickly and cause problems in the body are too much protein and too much sugar. I agree, but when I read

EDIT: After reading "The Big Fat Surprise" I have to lower my rating from 3 stars to 1 star. I will leave my original review below. This author condemns all animal fats and does not base it on convincing research. He is basically promoting a mediterranean diet, which had been thoroughly debunked by

Interesting book on the diet for longevity and disease prevention. Unfortunately it seems too long and too generic (though author dedicates a lot of time to discuss clinical trials, which is great). Long story short: eat mostly vegan, eat good fats and complex carbs, not a lot of protein (which is c Leggi tutto