Dr Greger Reveals The ’10 Blue Zones Food Guidelines’ To Lengthen Your Life
Dr Greger Reveals The ’10 Blue Zones Food Guidelines’ To Lengthen Your Life
In a recent TEDx talk, Dr Michael Greger spoke about the 10 Blue Zones food guidelines that could increase longevity
Haven't the "Blue Zones" been thoroughly debunked? They were found to be due to a combination of fraud and unreported deaths, for the most part.
No, they’re actually that old and healthy.
The relationship between protein intake and mortality is still controversial. We prospectively examined the associations of dietary protein sources with all-cause mortality risk in the Isfahan cohort study (ICS). A total of 5431 participants, aged ≥ 35 years, were enrolled in the ICS, in 2001 and followed through 2013. The frequency of protein intakes from different sources was estimated through a validated food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Any new case of death was recorded over the follow-up duration. Hazard ratio (HR)s and 95% confidence interval (CI)s were estimated through Cox proportional hazards regression models. During a median follow-up of 11.3 years, 483 deaths were documented. Higher intakes of plant proteins (HR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.46, 0.91) and animal proteins (HR = 1.52, 95% CI 1.13, 2.05) were associated with a decreased and increased risk of mortality, respectively. Additional adjustment for some mediators did not considerably affect the associations for animal protein (HR = 1.55, 95% CI 1.15, 2.09), whereas led to a tendency towards lower risk for plant protein in the top quintile compared with the bottom one (HR = 0.67, 95% CI 0.48, 0.95; P trend = 0.06). Among specific major sources, higher intakes of nuts and fish were associated with a 27% (95% CI 0.58, 0.93) and 21% (95% CI 0.62, 1.01) lower risk of mortality, respectively. The inverse association between plant protein and mortality risk might be mediated by some metabolic disorders. However, our results suggest an independent positive association for animal protein and all-cause mortality.
The Blue Zones are Fraud Debunked
I'm skeptical of anyone with three NYT bestsellers.
The plant-based physician is the author of the New York Times bestselling titles How Not to Die, How Not to Diet, and How Not to Age.