Posted on 06/19/2015 6:55:59 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
A five day diet which mimics fasting could slow down ageing, add years to life, boost the immune system and cut the risk of heart disease and cancer, scientists believe.
The plan which restricts calories to between one third and a half of normal intake has been developed by academics at the University of Southern California.
But now they have found that a calorie-restricted diet comprising of vegetable soups and chamomile tea has the same affect. And dieters only need to follow the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) for five days a month, eating what they like for the rest of the time.
“Strict fasting is hard for people to stick to, and it can also be dangerous, so we developed a complex diet that triggers the same effects in the body,' said Professor Valter Longo, USC Davis School of Gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute.
“I've personally tried both, and the fasting mimicking diet is a lot easier and also a lot safer.
“I think based on the markers for ageing and disease in humans it has the potential to add a number of years of life but more importantly to have a major impact on diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other age-related disease.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
this is so odd
I was sick last month for 2 weeks- I ate nothing but soup and chamomile tea for the entire time
I lost 20 pounds, and felt better than I had in years...
Bkmrk.
never felt better than when i used to lose weight for wrestling. barely ate for 5 months making weight.
Where you eating homemade or canned soup?
I sometimes skip dinner at night and I always feel so much better the next morning...and it’s help with the weight loss quite a bit.
A few years ago I went to a tremendously emotionally trying time with a family situation for about 4 months.
All I could really keep down was Whey powder shakes. Three a day with some solid food at times.
Lost 35 pounds in about 4 months. The funny part is, physically I felt great after the weight loss. LOL
CHOLESTEROL CLARITY
And
KETO CLARITY
Both by Jimmy Moor and Eric Westman
Recommended reading to understand how we have been deceived about diet and nutrition. Consensus on Cholesterol has as much “Scientific” vality as Man Made Global Warming.
Bfl
But now they have found that a calorie-restricted diet comprising of vegetable soups and chamomile tea has the same affect. …My spidey-proofreader sense is tingling . . .
Yep...doc tried to put my husband on cholesterol meds ....I said NO WAY...and then he went to doc who looked at his RATIOS and said...you are fine....even tho total cholesterol is about 240
What does the chamomile tea do? The article mentioned it but never explained the benefits.
Can I substitute Dirty Martinis for the tea? ;)
That’s what I’ve been wondering too. An olive is a veggie, isn’t it?;-)
Technically, a fruit - but let’s not split hairs, LOL!
How did we come to believe saturated fat and cholesterol are bad for us?
I usually only eat one meal per day anyway. By the time I get hungry its 2:00PM so at that point I just wait til dinner.
“An olive is a veggie, isn’t it?”
Actually, an olive is a fruit.
(Vegetables don’t grow on trees)
Avocados and tomatoes are also fruits. Corn is a grain.
Thx! I did not know that.
Any particular ones?
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