I Tried the Longevity Diet for 8 Weeks – My Results

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. There are two articles on my site, one outlining the "rules" of the diet, https://www.9to5strength.com/the-long... and the other talking about my 8 week experience https://www.9to5strength.com/the-long... 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 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... 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