Editorial Review:

At last, here's a book that synthesizes the increasingly popular CR (Calorie Restriction) diet for the layperson. CR is not a diet primarily about weight loss, although readers will lose weight. CR is about eating highly nutritious foods to extend your healthy years. Here's the concept: eat fewer calories and choose foods more carefully. This will reallocate how your metabolism uses its resources to convert food into energy; in other words, what goes in will be used more efficiently. You will feel better and function better--and the big bonus: the CR diet slows aging. CR lengthens the periods of youth and middle age and substantially reduces the risk of virtually all the diseases of aging. Brian Delaney and Lisa Walford, two longtime CR practitioners, will take you on a handheld stroll through the process, including an introduction to CR, how to do it, some of the key issues in the current dialogue, and the skinny on superfoods.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

The Longevity Diet - a CR Staple!:

"The Longevity Diet" is a PR book for the CR movement: whereas Walford's "120-year diet" is an intimidating treatise on the Calorie Restriction paradigm, "The Longevity Diet" is a highly accessible, friendly, gentle introduction to the CR movement; whereas Walford's book is a sprawling all-you-can-read buffet of facts that requires a stack of bookmarks and a dozen of highlighters, "The Longevity Diet" is an informationally-nutrient snack that you can get through in one evening without having to dog-ear a... more info

Much to Appreciate:

Even if one does not follow any of the recipes in this book the reader will get a good feel of what kinds of foods are most important for proper nutrition. But the bottom line is simply that the reader can improve their chances to live longer by eating high nutrition foods but, with less calories then you burn, until you are real skinny. Then diligently stay skinny by eating the right amounts of the most nutritious foods. Severe exercise programs are discouraged.

Great results:

I bought this book back in September of 2007, so a bit over 4 months ago. Like any "diet book", I didn't follow it literally. There's no way I'm measuring everything I eat. But I did follow the general concepts, and one particular big idea. I focused myself on eating more of what's good for you. More vegetables, more blueberries and other fruits. I also focused on eating less of things that are nutrient-poor. Less bread, less pasta, etc. I still eat stuff that's "bad" for you (the common notion of bad -... more info

Disappointed:

The service by Amazon was, as always, prompt, courteous and efficient. This particular book, however, is poorly written ... a waste of money. It'll go into the giveaway box.

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