Some days back I happen to watch this fascinating show on Oprah that featured Dr Oz and his fantastic Calorie Restriction Diet Plan.
Everybody wants to look young, fresh, beautiful and this want increases with age. The desire to stay young or preserve oneself is not something new and has been around for ages, since the days of pyramids and mummy.
Today in the market you will find plenty of panaceas for all kinds of issues and non issues like creams, pills, lotions, animal and plant extracts etc but then here comes along Dr Oz on Oprah’s show to actually do a demo of what people are doing to stay young and young effectively.
Dr Oz presents himself and then immediately launxhes into his favorite subject of extreme life extension. Stuff that will specifically allow a person to go into their second century of life with the spiritness and vitality of a young person.
Dr Oz rounds it up by saying that it might even be possible for some folks to live upto 120 years old using these effective methods. To put the icing on the top, Dr Oz even mentions that there is a person in the audience who might end up living upto 150 years old.
Joining him in this showbiz business is Joe Cordell who says that the secret to longevity has been found and, guess what, resides in but what? Calorie Restriction.
There, you have it right away. Now the semantics are explored by looking into how Calorie restriction, Menu planning and Diet exercises can help an individual achieve that dream of staying forever young.
At 5′9″, Joe weighs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person who needs to count calories, but as part of his life extension program, he monitors every morsel of food that passes through his system.
Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1,950 calories.
Joe doesn’t deprive himself of food. Instead, this 51-year-old father fills up on natural fruits, vegetables and lean proteins that are packed with essential vitamins and nutrients. “Whenever you’re thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the most nutritional bang per calorie,” Joe says.
Do you believe in all this psuedo science? I don’t, but thats just me. Exercise regularly and eat healthy. You already have somebody like that living in the White House. Thats a prime example of healthy and long life right there in front of your eyes and all you have to do it follow them instead of falling hook line and sinker for fads like Dr Oz, Dr Atkins or Dr Dre.
It’s not a fad, it’s a fact. Calorie restriction is well documented and while I myself have not been a subscriber, I am now looking into it because I know some family members who just naturally have eaten a diet similar to calorie restriction – making good food choices, small amounts and doing it several times a day – and they are young, vibrant and very healthy.
Ummm the president? Isn’t or wasn’t he a smoker? He doesn’t seem to eat right to me. Not the best example.
Troy,
There are years of scientific research backing up the effects of this diet on multiple species, including dramatic effects on human blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Why do you call it pseudo science? I wouldn’t say that something is a fad just because you haven’t researched it. The fact is that
most Americans are gluttons and anyone that comes close to suggesting
this is attacked. Okinawans eat 40% less than Americans and live longer.
The goal isn’t to stay “forever young”, but to stave off many of the diseases that kill us, thus leading to a longer life. By the way, at his age, how is the president an example of a long life?
i’m with you john. i think the reason for doing this should be disease control. if a healthy longer life is the result, well, win/win. i moved to china a few years ago and have learned so much about nutrition. when i see the way many american’s eat and look now, thru new eyes, i’m astounded. it’s no wonder the health industry wants us to keep shopping down the middle isles. we keep those insurance CEO’s and drug companies in million$…
i have an uncle who began doing this when it was discovered that he has some serious cardio vascular challenges. he was never overweight, but was supposed to be deceased by 45. he is now in his 71st year, and from the neck down looks like he’s 40. it’s actually pretty amazing. in fact, all ppl i know that practice this in some form are the healthiest, least sick ppl that i know. i have developed some health issues myself, and have begun the process of working into this. two months in and i’ve lost weight, but more importantly, i feel so much better. and amazingly, i’ve LOST wrinkles!! cool.