David Sinclair, a Harvard genetics professor who only sleeps 6 hours a night and doesn’t exercise every day swears 3 habits helped reverse his biological age by a decade. Excellent article that is well worth the read...I believe that I would add daily exercise (your choice) because muscle is the organ of longevity...and I feel the older he gets he would want to add this to his regimen...otherwise I concur from experience his foundational practices.
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Lol. These are terrible suggestions.
Mercola likes to shit on resveratrol. I trust him more than Fortune and Harvard.
Skipping breakfast causes cortisol and adrenaline to rise as calories are restricted. Higher stress levels will convert fats into glucose as its the body's preferred fuel source. Higher stress levels cause the body to down regulate hormones, thyroid and basic functions as it perceives a scarcity. It will even try to hold onto fat. Oftentimes these people will have really low testosterone levels.
His #1 suggestion should have been to avoid PUFAs as much as possible. These wreck the body and since they were introduced and gained popularity we have seen a rise in all sorts of disease. Look at pictures of people on the beach in the 50s. They were eating sugar but had fit bodies. Saturated animal fats are your friend, seed oils are poison.
The suggestion was intermittent fasting... the skipping breakfast was how he chose to structure his IF. The funny thing is that he looks very healthy and very similar to the people of the 50's. I was born in '51 and I agree there was a better level of health and physical fitness but that was due to MANY different causes. I respect your opinion but disagree that these are not good solid habits. There are MANY more for sure. The oil/fat issue is certainly one.
I used to intermittent fast. But now I believe we should trust our instincts. This guy has a wonderful podcast.
https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/podcast/
Yes for the most part your body will tell you what you're needing if you learn to listen to it. This is also where a food log comes in very handy to figure out "what am I deficient in when I feel this way?"
Thanks for the suggestion...he looks like someone I would like to listen to...I am always open to increasing my knowledge...
It certainly is hard to figure out. I'm sure I'm doing a ton of things wrong. But I started eating more and embracing the carbs and it makes sense from rationale perspective. We are probably wired correctly and like this stuff for a reason.
What are you talking about? Skipping breakfast causes stress? You think your body goes wacky if it doesn't eat in 12-16 hours? Wow.
It is no wonder we are in the mess we are in with so regurgitating nonsense that confirms their bias.
The following is NOT based on any factual evidence. "Skipping breakfast causes cortisol and adrenaline to rise as calories are restricted. Higher stress levels will convert fats into glucose as its the body's preferred fuel source. Higher stress levels cause the body to down regulate hormones, thyroid and basic functions as it perceives a scarcity. It will even try to hold onto fat. Oftentimes these people will have really low testosterone levels."
I used to buy in to what your espousing. So I get it. But the body likes being satiated. Also what i have stated are facts. Glucose is the preferred fuel source for cells. If only fat is available the body will use cortisol to convert into glucose. I used to skip breakfast and feel fine. But now I switched into high calorie diet and it's more awesome. Avoid processed foods, seed oils, even seeds. Go for fruit, fats and meat. That's my take.
Ketones get made from fat if glucose is too low, cortisol is a stress hormone that causes inflammation and other issues.
Which is my understanding that stress hormones are used to convert fat into ketones. Long term keto is bad news.
Why would the body use cortisol to convert into glucose when the body is so adept at burning fat as an energy source as is successfully proven in the keto diet?