AstonJ

AstonJ

David Sinclair's new Lifespan podcast

We’ve talked about his book briefly here but it is quickly becoming obsolete - so he’s decided to create a series of 7 podcasts, the first just went out and it’s fascinating:

I think it’s going to be a hit. If you watch/listen to it I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts!

Most Liked

Rainer

Rainer

Already since 2020 in the thread you already linked :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

But ok, here’s something new: I made panettone (Italian christmas cake with sourdough):

It’s super fluffy:

finner

finner

Bravo @Rainer - you are an inspiration.

Only a few years ago I had an “aha! moment” while browsing in the supermarket (or maybe it was more of an OMG! moment). It was like the scene in The Matrix when Neo can finally see it. All saw in the supermarket was sugar & highly processed foods in most of the aisles. When you take all those products away you are left with very little in a supermarket. It is amazing how obvious the revelation was but we do not see it.
I live in Spain, the Mediterranean diet is almost becoming mythical these days. I’m also taking the same approach as yourself - avoid highly processed foods & cook more at home with fresh ingredients.
More people should try and grow foods at home but it is difficult if you live in a city in a flat. But as the saying goes - baby steps.

How do you feel after a month reducing your sugar intake?

finner

finner

AH OK - this guy is an advocate of the Carnivore diets. He eats meat twice a day every day. Let’s see how is is when he is 70 years old. He is debunking a very small part of the Blue Zones messages though. It’s not all about diets.

I finished reading Blue Zones. It’s an easy read with some good all-round tips and advice. It does not push for 100% plant based diets but rather eat meat or fish once or twice a week.

With regards to actual diets there isn’t really anything new here. However, they also identify family, community, belonging and a purpose for living as being keys to longevity.

Other tips & advice include:

  • Eat what your grandparents ate
  • Get regular physical exercise
  • Family / community seems to be a key factor (support, love, acknowledged, belonging)
  • Having a life purpose
  • A glass of wine/beer a day (this surprised me)
  • Drink lots of water

This book hasn’t changed my food choices. I will continue with mainly plant-based but I do like my fish and burgers every now and then. And it’s good to know we can have a bottle of wine everyday … ah no sorry, they said a glass a day … damn!
My main take-away is around the family and community. I am lacking both. I don’t have much of a network of friends or community. I am a foreigner living in a capital city (anonymity) and I do not natively speak the language (communication constraints). Plus I am probably getting more anti social as I get older.
So I have work to do.

Where Next?

Popular Science Tech topics Top

AstonJ
The chances of getting this is high, and although symptoms will be mild for many, I wonder if there’s worth having a thread to log our di...
New
AstonJ
Perhaps we can use this thread to come up with ideas, learn what other countries are doing and then contacting our local politicians with...
New
AstonJ
It’s absolutely boiling here atm :orange_heart: Well, probably not in comparison to where some of you live but it’s a lovely 29 degrees ...
New
AstonJ
Just started reading Ben Greenfield’s Boundless on my Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bo...
New
dimitarvp
…But I’ve been doing my own experiments lately and I found that severely reduced carbs and sugar (even skipping on fruits!) is giving me ...
New
New
rustkas
Welcome to the @Devtalk cooking and recipes thread! Please feel free to share recipes and/or photos or posts about things you’ve been co...
New
AstonJ
This is another great podcast and this episode in particular looks good - Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity:...
New
First poster: bot
90% of people living with long COVID initially experienced only mild illness.
New
CommunityNews
A primer on the current state of longevity research. 4k words, 19 minutes reading time
New

Other popular topics Top

Exadra37
Please tell us what is your preferred monitor setup for programming(not gaming) and why you have chosen it. Does your monitor have eye p...
New
AstonJ
SpaceVim seems to be gaining in features and popularity and I just wondered how it compares with SpaceMacs in 2020 - anyone have any thou...
New
DevotionGeo
I know that -t flag is used along with -i flag for getting an interactive shell. But I cannot digest what the man page for docker run com...
New
AstonJ
Curious to know which languages and frameworks you’re all thinking about learning next :upside_down_face: Perhaps if there’s enough peop...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Tailwind CSS is an exciting new CSS framework that allows you to design your site by composing simple utility classes to create complex e...
New
Exadra37
I am asking for any distro that only has the bare-bones to be able to get a shell in the server and then just install the packages as we ...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Build efficient applications that exploit the unique benefits of a pure functional language, learning from an engineer who uses Haskell t...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight Jamis Buck @jamis This month, we have the pleasure of spotlighting author Jamis Buck, who has written Mazes for Prog...
New
AstonJ
If you want a quick and easy way to block any website on your Mac using Little Snitch simply… File > New Rule: And select Deny, O...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Develop, deploy, and debug BEAM applications using BEAMOps: a new paradigm that focuses on scalability, fault tolerance, and owning each ...
New