Dr. Oz on Oprah: Calorie Restriction Diets & Extreme Life Extension
Posted by Catherine Morgan on April 4, 2009
Would you like to live to 100 years and beyond? Dr. Oz and other medical experts believe that a calorie restriction diet can help people to live longer with a higher quality of life. The calorie restriction diet also focuses on consuming calories that provide a high nutritional value, not just low calorie.
Many claim that a Calorie Restriction Diet is the answer to living longer. Personally, I don’t get the whole “extreme life extension” thing – It’s just so the opposite of living in the moment and that’s really not for me. And it’s not just a diet, it’s literally a lifestyle, one that I’m just not that into. But I do admit, there are aspects of this lifestyle that could be helpful to anyone interested in making better food choices and generally living healthier.
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Lucy said
I find that all the best research findings really don’t motivate to make significant changes UNLESS the consumer has another big reason to change (other than health). The great majority of women are not motiated by health alone. That’s just the way it is. I like to present facts and stats in a way that women feel empowered to incorporate easy daily changes. If it makes sense and is easy to do… well that’s all the more power in a woman’s corner. For a woman that is highly self-motivated, she will choose health by incorporating easy to do habits.
Matthew Lake said
Calorie Restriction is not just about living longer, it’s being able to live NOW. It enables you to have amazing health to do what you want in life rather than be limiting by degenerative diseases. It’s not a hard lifestyle to live (I’ve lived it since I was 18 and am now approaching my 25th birthday this year. I can’t begin to explain the benefits you get from doing CR because there are so many. I explain in a few posts on my blog. All my blood work is probably as healthy as is possible. Very insulin sensitive, really good cholesterol profile with total of 3.7 (144mg/dl) HDL 59 and Triglycerides between 35 – 53mg/dl. Blood pressure is low at 90/60, heart rate 50, allergies like hay fever completely dissapeared within weeks and hasn’t been back since, acne all cleared up. I not only become younger in all my biomarkers of health, but I look 8 years younger than my real age too (which you can see on my blog).
CR is about getting the most out of life. Just don’t make it a boring lifestyle and create great food all the time. It can be expensive sometimes, but you can live on this diet with a budget too.