The Longevity Diet (8 week trial) Part 2 of 2

Hey, so I finished all 8 weeks of Dr Valter Longo's Longevity Diet and wanted to give it a nice thorough review. I also share a dozen or so meals that I prepared for lunch/dinner to go with the breakfast & snack options I showed you in part one.

I really enjoyed my time on the diet and my intention is to continue a lot of the principles in my day to day eating. As a 31 year old gym goer I do want to prioritise muscle and that does mean one of the key parts of the diet, the low protein, will have to be negated. It's still worth following the diet despite this change as the vegetables and legumes are super healthy.

In my regular diet I use a mix of pea and rice protein powder which I blend with an apple or banana for breakfast protein, and re-introducing this is enough to take me back to my goal protein intake of 110 grams/day. It's all about balance and whatever negative effects of higher protein has on my body is more than negated by the benefits of exercise. Furthermore he acknowledges the need for higher protein for over 65's as muscle mass in old age is important, so there is some trade off with health benefits dependent on the situation.

My final link is my food diary, where I tracked the protein, carbs, fat and calories of all my foods over the 8 weeks, allowing a level of detail some people may find of interest

Chapters
00:00 The Longevity Diet
00:35 Healthy Foods
02:11 Weight Loss
03:04 Time-Restricted Eating
04:17 Not Enough Protein
05:12 Lots of fibre
05:47 Weight loss
06:12 Hunger levels
06:33 Low levels of B12
06:58 Recipes

[JoeNaab]

Thank you so much! Very kind of you to make that spreadsheet available. It's extraordinary and, clearly, you put a lot into it.

[stylemeister]

Very well laid out trial run through! Thank you, love the candid and honest review of all your results.

[KathrynMcMahon]

Thanks for this video and the attached resources. I really appreciate it. I follow an at home version of Longo’s FMD once a month. I’ve been anxious to try the longevity diet, but it felt like such an undertaking. This is the jumpstart that I needed!

[peterz]

You might look at the work of the Stanford Sonnenburg Lab as it relates to fiber intake and the microbiome (some presentations on youtube). Their view is that 30 gm per day is at the very low end of what we should be eating. A healthy microbiome has global health effects including immune system support.

[stevet]

Great video, I have read the book as well. As far as supplementing, I did agree with you at one point. Then I got my blood tested and I was low in vitamin D and high in homocysteine. I corrected both by supplementing with vitamins D and B-12. If we all ran around naked in Africa where we evolved and ate a good amount of dirt each day, we wouldn't need to supplement. During my research I discovered that animals are often supplemented with B-12 as well because they are often raised in un-natural environments. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[janiceg]

Really appreciate your videos. Thank you 🙏

[frienduabc]

I've been eating zero fiber for the last year and my elimination is better than ever. When I was a vegan eating all the veggies and fiber, was when I experienced the most constipation. I also no longer have gas.

[emanuelporic]

Thank you for the video, it's very helpful :)

[Vanguard-Six]

Thanks for the video but I have to correct you most meat eaters are b12 deficient because they have never heard of it. Vegans aren't deficient because they all know about the deficiency and all supplement with it and eat food fortified with it mate.
Also b12 is found naturally in Nori (seaweed) sheets for sushi and shiitake mushrooms.

[JustMe-a]

The book says fish 1 to 2 times a week, not several times a week

[marioroegiers]

Thank you very much for your videos. I have the book but I would like to go on eating like that. Do you know which books I could buy with recipes that are suitable for the longo diet?
And another question: do you weigh the pasta dry or cooked?

[sleepyshanghaikid]

How about salt? How to seasoning your food?

[peek-ka-boom]

How do I break up 1, 900 Calories into 2 meals and 1 snack?

[tjhoward]

Great video! Do you think it would have been more tolerable for you if you "juiced" the veggie portion once or twice a day?

[vespeneprotoss]

How does EVOO help with brain function?

[jnanashakti]

Big note on the B12 situation... B12 is in meats because the animals can eat the shit and dirt that carry the bacteria that make B12. Also, lots of animal products are fortified with B12 like nutritional yeast is. If we ate veggies and fruits as we once did and drank shit water as we once did, we'd get the B12 with it, but I'm guessing you don't want to drink shit water, yeah? So... the next time you want to throw shade on a vegan diet, know your information. Also... why would you advocate for more protein when CLEARLY the point of the diet is to note we eat too much protein to "grow" without the actual growth happening, therefore speeding the aging process up? You should honestly do more research on the things you speak of before you give advice, dude.