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Anti-Aging Diet & Calorie Restriction
Calorie Restriction (CR) is the process of limiting caloric intake with the intention of slowing down aging. Some people refer to the concept as an anti aging diet. Research into Calorie Restriction has continued for many years – concluding that the lifespan of many animals (rats, monkeys, spiders) is extended when calorie intake is restricted.
The difficulty of Calorie Restriction is that sufficient nutrition (vitamins and minerals) must be maintained while lowering energy intake as much as possible.
There are many adherents of a calorie restricted lifestyle – hoping to extend life.
Calorie Restricted Meal Plan
A Calorie Restricted diet must be slowly adopted. Losing more than 1 pound of weight per week is not recommended. This plan comprises 1700-1800 calories – but this should vary depending on age, weight, and exercise level (more meal plans available at the CRON site).
Breakfast
1 cup (5oz, 145g) Non-fat cottage cheese 120 calories
23 nuts (1oz, 28g) Almonds, raw 160 calories
1 cup (5oz, 150g) Strawberries (or other berries) 50 calories
Nutrition Snack (e.g. one Balance bar) 200 calories
530 total calories
Lunch
5oz (140g) Chicken breast, skinless, boiled, baked or roasted* 230 calories
½ cup (80g) Broccoli (steamed, boiled, or raw) 25 calories
½ cup (60g) Cauliflower (steamed, boiled, or raw) 15 calories
1 tbsp Olive oil (extra virgin) 120 calories
½ tsp Herbs and Spices 5 calories
1 medium Orange 65 calories
Directions
Cook chicken (or other protein) as desired or use canned variety. Add to plate with broccoli and cauliflower. Add olive oil and herbs and spices. Have orange for dessert.
460 total calories
Snack
1 cup non-fat yogurt 120 calories
6 nuts (1/2 oz, 14g) macadamia nuts 100 calories
220 total calories
Dinner
2 cups Green, leafy salad (may include lettuce, cabbage, spinach) 20 calories
¼ fillet (3oz, 90g) Salmon, canned low-salt or fresh-baked 185 calories
7oz (200g) Sweet potato, baked 180 calories
1 tbsp Olive oil 120 calories
½ tsp Herbs and Spices 5 calories
1 tbsp Vinegar 5 calories
Directions
Sprinkle vinegar and ½ tbsp olive oil and ½ herbs and spices over salad. Sprinkle ¼ tbsp olive oil and remaining herbs over fish. Sprinkle remaining olive oil over sweet potato (have this for dessert).
515 total calories
Many more low Calorie recipes can be found here.
How Can Calorie Restriction Slow Down Aging?
The concept is still at the theoretical stage – and many theories exist as to why the various experiments on animals have resulted in longevity of life.
A good background primer is available at Wikipedia.
See Also
Calorie Restriction Society
Calorie Restriction with Optimum Nutrition (CRON)
DrCate – I couldn’t disagree more with your utterly pointless statement. Research IS ongoing and HAS been tested with animals of many types ranging from mice to chimpanzees for the last 20 years with regards to calorie restriction. The latest information suggests that calorie restriction diets activate a “longevity” gene that puts the body in a quick metabolism state. There is fundamental evolutionary research that suggests that this “survival” gene may be an adaptation that allows survival long enough during “lean” times for normal reproduction. Given that laboratory testing is ongoing and shows a very positive effect, you should not simply dismiss something like this without at least learning something about it.
The definition of a caloric restriction used in these research papers is anything less than ad libitum. The research simply suggests that eating less than all-you-want is better. There is no animal research suggesting lifespan will increase if you go hungry. That would constitute animal cruelty and the studies couldn’t be done.
i m an veggiterian.i want veg diet.
eating lots and lots of fish, seaweed, green tea and vegitables are very effective in anti-aging.
and drinking more water.
I watched a segment on 60 minutes about this, but i think this diet is more for the benefits of anti-aging than it is for weight loss because you really need those calories to burn fat. But i suppose if you do this for a few years you will start trimming down
this is amazing. i would like to get my family started on this.
I think a balanced food diet makes a whole lot of difference to anti-aging. I spend a lot of time researching online stuff and recently I found a program called elixxir which seems to have some fantastic results.
When I saw those results I did some further probing and found that the product is an eating program based on a scientific anti-aging eating program. It is believed to product permanent lifelong weight loss and also claims to slash one’s risk for cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity thereby extending maximum lifespan by up to 50%. And apparently the good part is there are no meals or supplements you have to buy forever. It’s an eating program and all-natural.
Seems like something that is very good. Have a look and let me know what you think
i think the CRON method has much lower calories a meal than this…could be wrong
I guess the yogurt is really the main source of calcium intake. But at approximately 30% of daily intake it wouldn’t supply much – neither would the other foods. Perhaps a multi-V pill be incorporated. Although the nuts may provide Omega fats, one would still lack the Omega 3, which mostly comes from seafood. Omega 3’s can be supplemented with fish oil supplements. Warning: (It’s gross when one burps that fishy taste afterwards.)
Sounds great but what about fluids?? Does this mean I can drink my normal 2 beers and 4 Dr Peppers? Common Sense is something most of us (me) don’t have so, I would like to see some guidance on beverage intake with this diet as well is Water the only option?
sounds much heavier and well-balanced diet
This is the only diet known to modern science that extends BOTH average (mean) lifesapn and maximum lifespan.