Episode 2: What to Eat and When to Eat

When to Eat

• Eat less often for longer life.

• Sertruin gets activated by hermetic effects.

• mTOR - A protein complex in cells that registers amino acids. When you have a lot of protein, you will activate mTOR, which will help you build “things.” It’s why eating steaks helps build muscle.

  • Down regulating mTOR will increase longevity.

• AMPK - An enzyme that responds to low energy. When you are hungry, you create more AMPK. It creates mitochondria.

  • When we fast, we create more AMPK.

  • When we create more AMPK, we feel better and fight aging.

  • Metformin creates more AMPK.

• Fasting and drugs which inhibit fasting will increase longevity.

• Benefits of fasting

  • Calorie restrictions activate the natural defense mechanisms of our cells.

  • When we are hungry, our genes that create NAD kick off.

  • Organisms live longer when they have restricted calories.

  • People become insulin sensitive

• Fasting regiments

  • Everyone is unique; measure what is happening with your body to understand what works for you.

    • Insight tracker is an excellent tool for this.

  • Long periods of fasting(3-7 days)

  • Time-restricted feeding

    • At least 16 hours of not eating or not eating much

    • Skip breakfast and have a late lunch.

    • Ideal to eat only one meal.

• Your liver will learn to modulate your liver. After a few weeks, you will feel less hungry because your liver will create glucose.

• Drink lots of fluids to curb hunger.

What we should eat

• What we shouldn’t eat

  • Eat less sugar!

    • Glucose shuts off many longevity mechanisms.

  • Super high protein

    • High protein will increase mTOR, which is not suitable for longevity.

    • High protein might make you feel good in the short term but not long term.

• Instead of using mTOR in the short term to repair muscle, we can use it as a “recycling” mechanism called autophagy.

• Fasting and eating the right things not only slows down your aging but reverses your aging.

• Popular diets

  • Okinawan diet

  • Mediterranean diet

  • Pescatarian diet

• Xenohormosis - Eating plants that have experienced stressed

  • Resveratrol - Activate and inhibit pathways in the body to decrease aging

  • Organic, local, and colorful plants

Takeaways

• Eat less often

  • Less sugar, fewer snacks.

• Less red meat, more veggies

  • Enjoy veggies that have been stressed out.

• End meals with sugar; don’t start with sugar.

• Meditterian is one of the best diets.

• Obesity isn’t just an epidemic of making people bigger, it’s about people aging faster.

• Put your bodies in states of “wants,” this will stress them enough to work harder and fight old age (colder climates, less food).