Summary of Valter Longo's The Longevity Diet

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#1 The town of Molochio in Calabria, Italy, has the highest proportion of centenarians in the world. The fountain there was discovered to be the source of the town’s longevity, as low-protein diets based on the eating habits of the town’s elders are linked to low cancer and overall mortality rates in the US population.

#2 I have lived the full range of good, bad, and excellent nutrition, which has helped me understand how people can live long, healthy lives. I grew up between two places that boast among the healthiest traditional diets in the world.

#3 I was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1964. In 1984, at age 16, I moved to Chicago to join the Army Reserve. I was never obese, but I grew a lot while I was in Chicago. My height shot up to six feet two.

#4 The Army diet was based on meat and carbohydrates, with sugary sodas allowed as a reward only if we had a combined run, push-up, and sit-up score of 200, which meant about seventy push-ups and sixty sit-ups in under two minutes each, plus running two miles in under ten and a half minutes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822517127

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The town of Molochio in Calabria, Italy, has the highest proportion of centenarians in the world. The fountain there was discovered to be the source of the town’s longevity, as low-protein diets based on the eating habits of the town’s elders are linked to low cancer and overall mortality rates in the US population.

#2

I have lived the full range of good, bad, and excellent nutrition, which has helped me understand how people can live long, healthy lives. I grew up between two places that boast among the healthiest traditional diets in the world.

#3

I was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1964. In 1984, at age 16, I moved to Chicago to join the Army Reserve. I was never obese, but I grew a lot while I was in Chicago. My height shot up to six feet two.

#4

The Army diet was based on meat and carbohydrates, with sugary sodas allowed as a reward only if we had a combined run, push-up, and sit-up score of 200, which meant about seventy push-ups and sixty sit-ups in under two minutes each, plus running two miles in under ten and a half minutes.

#5

I was a self-taught guitar player who learned through listening. I was also a scientist who had always been observing, but couldn’t translate that observation into data or hypotheses. Musical training helped me understand and write in a language I had always known, sound.

#6

The music composer approach