The Longevity Diet: Slow Aging, Fight Disease, Optimize Weight Paperback – Illustrated, 31 Dec. 2019

Not many books that are so eye opening and easy to read. As someone who is health conscious this has given me a great understanding of foods as a whole, what to look out for/avoid and how fasting really does make you live longer (or is shown across multiple studies which I went on to discover post read) biomarkers are closer to optimal after the fasting mimicking diet and I am even fasting right now as the previous one I did (fasting mimicking diet) after reading this book made me look noticeably younger/youthful as well as feeling ‘cleaner’ and healthier overall. I have gifted this to family as it’s so easy to understand. Thank you Dr. Valter Longo

I have been an avid follower of Professor Valter Longos’s work and studies since first seeing a BBC Documentary in 2012 - Eat, Fast & Live Longer. This man is nothing short of a genius. Having gone through my own health problems: Bulimia, then a massive benign tumour in my head which lead me to an operation and then into intensive radiation treatment I found his studies fascinating, insightful & inspiring to me personally & I wanted to know & learn more. Over the past 2 decades I have either been, bulimic, vegan, vegetarian, or now for the last 15 years pescatarian at which time I had no idea that such a name even existed. When I found out that Professor Longo had written a book on Longevity I couldn’t wait for it to be published in English. I have a Kindle copy and a book. His book has given me so much knowledge that I didn’t previously have and the information is easy enough to process if you take the trouble. For me, where his book stands out from many other books is that most of the information in this book is based on his own studies and research from throughout his 30 something years of study & research on Longevity. There are no gimmicks just straightforward facts on longevity & how to proceed with his longevity diet with the everyday fruits, vegetables, legumes etc. that we find in our supermarkets or farmers markets. He clearly explains why & which fruits, veg etc are better for you. How simple can it be to follow a mostly plant-based diet - but the truth be known for most of us is that we will continue to eat bad & fast food until the heart attack hits or our cholesterol is through the roof, or like so many people in the Western World we develop diabetes. He clearly explains how we can avoid or correct these problems by using his longevity diet. The book is entertaining as well as full of necessary, important information for living a longer & disease- free life. Prevention is always better than cure. I am a writer and in my own research I have read many, many articles with misinformed information, on many different subjects & I only want facts & proven studies as in this book. Lastly, 100% of all the royalties from Professor Longo’s books go back into his research, another great reason to purchase the book. I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

Very interesting but fairly technical. Need to know quite a bit about medical issues to understand it. Having said that you can pick out information that relates to you.

I bought this book about 4 months ago - before the world changed as we knew it. Loved it from the start especially the story behind it, wonderful tales of the authors childhood in Italy, how the people lived and ate in his villiage and the incredible longevity of his people (all the more terribly shocking given what is happening at the moment re. Coronavirus and the toll it has taken on this great country and especially its elders). The engaging manner makes this book so different to others of its kind - this is not just a book which tells you that intermittent fasting is good for you, this goes so much deeper and the recepies Dr Valter Longo gives for this "Fast" are so delicious I find myself cooking many of them without any thought of fasting. One of my favourites is Pasta e Vaianeia. I cook this dish at least once a week , it is so satisfying and filling it gives you good energy and you feel so much better after eating this. I reccommend this to everyone to wants to start eating healthy food, never mind fasting. I did the "fast" for 2 months and when I reached my desired weight I had got so used to eating the recepies in this book i just continued using them . This is the Real way to eat.9 months later........... This book has changed my life. I could never understand the Italian pride in their food and their cooking but I must admit I am a confirmed advocate of eating this way. Never would I have believed that a pot full of boiled veggies could taste good. Growing up in Ireland in the 1960s, our staple diet was meat, spuds and 1 veg. I hated dinner time and was a problem child when it came to eating. If only I had eaten the recipes in Dr Longo's book back then......... Between childhood and adulthood I developed an addiction to sugar, something I have been able to quit 5 years ago. These recipies are wonderful for satisfying a sweet tooth and since eating like this, sugar cravings are behind me.

Not amazingly written but worth persevering with as the content is astonishing. Skip to the results table of metabolic changes after following this diet and you’ll see what I mean. I had a go at the diet and will probably repeat it - next time, would eat 200 calories of chopped nuts and seeds with nut milk for breakfast followed by 3 x 200 cal soups each day - those supermarket fresh pots including a few chickpeas or beans would work and calculate the calories for you so you can see how much of a pot to have. I cooked vegan dishes and it took a while to calculate through the recipes, dividing into calories from nuts or oils, and calories from vegetables. I used this to kick-start my stalling carb-swap diet so it wasn’t too much of a shift from that but I was hungry (though not unmanageably) until day 4. I lost 1.5lbs but was mainly doing it for the body rejuvenating effects esp immune system reboot (the diet can cure auto immune disorders). I do feel I’m looking younger!