The Longevity Diet by Dr Valter Longo - Health & Nutrition Non Fiction - Paperback Book

Details
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781405933940
Publisher: Penguin
Age Range: Adult

Overview
The Longevity Diet is Dr Valter Longo's international bestselling guide to eating for a longer, healthier life. Drawing on decades of research into ageing, nutrition and disease, this brand new paperback distils complex science into a clear, practical eating plan. It's a trusted choice for health-conscious readers, gift buyers and anyone curious about the link between food and lifespan, offering an approachable route into evidence-based nutrition without fads or gimmicks.

About the Book
Written by biochemist and longevity researcher Dr Valter Longo, this book presents the culmination of 30 years of research into cellular regeneration, ageing and diet. Longo, Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, explains how a largely plant-based, pescatarian everyday diet combined with an occasional fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) - just 3-4 times a year, five days at a time - can help activate the body's own regenerative processes. Rather than promoting extreme restriction, the book sets out an easy-to-adopt lifetime eating plan built around what Longo calls his 'Five Pillars of Longevity', a framework he uses to weigh up whether foods support or undermine long-term health. Readers will find guidance aimed at extending healthy lifespan, preventing age-related muscle and bone loss, building resistance to conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and cancer, and maintaining a healthy weight. The paperback also includes around 30 straightforward recipes designed to make the principles easy to put into daily practice. Longo's work has been widely discussed in the context of the broader fasting movement, and the book has been praised by prominent health commentators for combining rigorous science with genuinely liveable advice, making it as useful for slow, sustainable lifestyle change as for readers simply wanting to understand the current research on nutrition and ageing.

• Clinically informed eating plan based on 30 years of ageing research
• Includes the fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) protocol done just a few times a year
• Around 30 easy recipes to put the principles into daily practice
• Practical steps to support healthy weight, muscle and bone maintenance
• Written by a leading academic voice in biogerontology, not a fad diet author
• Ideal gift for health-conscious readers, parents or anyone interested in nutrition science

About the Author
Dr Valter Longo was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1967. He is a professor of Biogerontology and Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, and also directs the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM in Milan. One of the world's leading researchers into ageing, he has published over 120 papers, including work identifying genes linked to longevity and genetic mutations that protect against common diseases. This is his first commercial book.

Why You'll Love This Book
Practical, research-backed and refreshingly free of fad-diet gimmicks, The Longevity Diet turns decades of ageing science into everyday habits. It's a satisfying read for anyone wanting to take genuine, sustainable control of their long-term health and wellbeing.

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