Comments on: Lessons from Luigi. How to Live to 102. http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/ Intermittent Feeding & Fasting for a Lean Lifestyle Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:15:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:15:23 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1309 [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...] [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...]

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]]> By: Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:15:23 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1310 [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...] [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...]

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]]> By: Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Edna Lived to 115 and Loved Meat & Fat! | Health Spotlight Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:15:23 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1311 [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...] [...] Lessons from Luigi, How to Live to 102 [...]

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]]> By: Mike OD http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Mike OD Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:11:55 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1308 Ashley - Thanks, needed the laugh today. Ashley – Thanks, needed the laugh today.

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]]> By: Ashley23 http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Ashley23 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:12:52 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1307 You whole food healthnuts are all the same. You must realize exercise done moderately and calorie restriction with a fair amount of nutrients is best. It comes down to portions. Whole food is a scam. Look at PIERRE MARTIN on youtube He is either 96 or 101 . He ran the Marathon. He smoke and drank almost everyday of his life since age 8. TELL ME SOMEONE BETTER THAN HIM AT THAT AGE. NO ONE I have ever seen is better. MARTIN RULES! You whole food healthnuts are all the same. You must realize exercise done moderately and calorie restriction with a fair amount of nutrients is best. It comes down to portions.

Whole food is a scam. Look at PIERRE MARTIN on youtube He is either 96 or 101 . He ran the Marathon.

He smoke and drank almost everyday of his life since age 8.

TELL ME SOMEONE BETTER THAN HIM AT THAT AGE. NO ONE I have ever seen is better.

MARTIN RULES!

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]]> By: Mike OD http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Mike OD Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:20:24 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1302 Alvaro - Protein requirements will depend on many things like amount of muscle you do have, how much training you do and what your goals are (to just maintain or build more muscle). Your body wants amino acids, so amounts of dietary protein can really be independent to what you are actually utilizing/digesting. There are other factors like IF, ketones, muscle sparing, amino acid pool recycling, etc. If you want to build muscle, then you will probably need more protein. On average it is said that an active person should have about 0.6g protein/lean lb of bw to maintain muscle. Most wanting to put on muscle and do more resistance training usually need to bump it up to 0.8-1g/lean lb of bw. (or more depending on volume of training) As for Paleo intake....well that is I am sure debatable. Plus you have periods of feast and famine that they dealed with. In the end, most people wanting to get more muscle need more protein. Whole food proteins also help to keep people who want to lose weight feel full (so they don't over eat on other high calorie processed foods). If you want to do some of your own research here are a couple sites with LOADS of info.....could keep you busy for a long time. In the end we are learning more interesting things about the body and what it needs (especially when looking at IF), so if you can find something that works for you....then that is what matters. http://paleodiet.com/ http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/paleodiet/index.shtml Alvaro – Protein requirements will depend on many things like amount of muscle you do have, how much training you do and what your goals are (to just maintain or build more muscle). Your body wants amino acids, so amounts of dietary protein can really be independent to what you are actually utilizing/digesting. There are other factors like IF, ketones, muscle sparing, amino acid pool recycling, etc. If you want to build muscle, then you will probably need more protein. On average it is said that an active person should have about 0.6g protein/lean lb of bw to maintain muscle. Most wanting to put on muscle and do more resistance training usually need to bump it up to 0.8-1g/lean lb of bw. (or more depending on volume of training) As for Paleo intake….well that is I am sure debatable. Plus you have periods of feast and famine that they dealed with. In the end, most people wanting to get more muscle need more protein. Whole food proteins also help to keep people who want to lose weight feel full (so they don’t over eat on other high calorie processed foods). If you want to do some of your own research here are a couple sites with LOADS of info…..could keep you busy for a long time. In the end we are learning more interesting things about the body and what it needs (especially when looking at IF), so if you can find something that works for you….then that is what matters.
http://paleodiet.com/
http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/paleodiet/index.shtml

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]]> By: Alvaro http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Alvaro Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:14:16 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1306 Hi Mike, I really love the site. I've been a dedicated IFer for about four months now and I'm loving it - I find it fairly easy to be pretty strict - no food till (typically post-workout) 5:00, but on the rare occasions I'm hungry during the day I'll have some almonds or something. I'm wondering if you can help me out with something - Mark from Mark's Daily Apple has a post over at Rusty's blog about how we NEED to eat meat because without it it's impossible to get the daily 150 grams of protein required for "optimum health." I've seen a lot of stuff, particularly related to CR and IF, that says that athletes actually require significantly smaller amounts of protein. Mark supports this assertion with the uncited claim that on average, the hunter gatherer diet was 1/3 protein. First off, what we know best about aboriginal diets is that they were HUGELY varied, which means that our digestive systems evolved in very varied circumstances - why then, should the average automatically be the most healthful? Secondly, Mark takes this 1/3 and applies it to his diet and comes up with 150 grams of daily program. While I'm having trouble finding any info about Mark's daily calorie intake, I have a feeling it's way higher than that of your run of the mill hunter gatherer, which sort of throws the whole article into question. So my question is, do you have any info on the average hunter-gatherer daily calorie intake? It's easy to find a lot of info online about the content of aboriginal diets, but I'm having trouble finding anything about total caloric intake. I realize this is pretty off-topic but as an IFer and as a vegan it really bugs me when people make crazy claims about protein requirements Thanks again! Hi Mike, I really love the site. I’ve been a dedicated IFer for about four months now and I’m loving it – I find it fairly easy to be pretty strict – no food till (typically post-workout) 5:00, but on the rare occasions I’m hungry during the day I’ll have some almonds or something.

I’m wondering if you can help me out with something – Mark from Mark’s Daily Apple has a post over at Rusty’s blog about how we NEED to eat meat because without it it’s impossible to get the daily 150 grams of protein required for “optimum health.” I’ve seen a lot of stuff, particularly related to CR and IF, that says that athletes actually require significantly smaller amounts of protein.

Mark supports this assertion with the uncited claim that on average, the hunter gatherer diet was 1/3 protein. First off, what we know best about aboriginal diets is that they were HUGELY varied, which means that our digestive systems evolved in very varied circumstances – why then, should the average automatically be the most healthful?

Secondly, Mark takes this 1/3 and applies it to his diet and comes up with 150 grams of daily program. While I’m having trouble finding any info about Mark’s daily calorie intake, I have a feeling it’s way higher than that of your run of the mill hunter gatherer, which sort of throws the whole article into question.

So my question is, do you have any info on the average hunter-gatherer daily calorie intake? It’s easy to find a lot of info online about the content of aboriginal diets, but I’m having trouble finding anything about total caloric intake.

I realize this is pretty off-topic but as an IFer and as a vegan it really bugs me when people make crazy claims about protein requirements

Thanks again!

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]]> By: Mike OD http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 Mike OD Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:39:48 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1303 <strong>Kimberly</strong> - That is probably the million dollar question. CR is just an example of the benefits for longevity, but also most people who only do CR are usually very low weight (not something more athletic people want such as myself). IF research is showing the benefits of CR with the additional benefit of maintain (or gain) of lean mass (muscle). Honestly if you are eating all natural foods, do not eat processed foods, strive for quality of foods....then you are doing great things for your health. Occasional IF may provide additional benefit and disease prevention as well, but at your age focus on quality of food first. It's hard to really over eat on natural foods (that also keep our insulin stable) <strong>Varangy</strong> - Like said above, CR people tend to be alot lower weight....so honestly CR is just a way to show that eating less is healthy...but it doesn't have to go to the extreme of what Luigi did. He may of only been 115lbs for all I know, but there are important lessons we can take from his life of longevity and curing himself. Everyone is different...and who knows what the end date for any of us are....all we can do is take smart and preventative measures and then just live life. Luigi did extend his life...considering that he was dying around 40..and lived another 60+ years. As far as Wikipedia, ONLY the first paragraph about the summation of his life was used, the rest came from a different article as well as from his own writings/book (and there are plenty of other sources if you want to Google his name). I know it sounds hard to believe (as I don't think you will find anyone from the 14th century around today to tell you more), but he did write in his later years and his book is still available today on Amazon that was published in 1942 (I haven't read it, but I imagine it would be a very interesting read...but the message seems simple, more quality..less quantity). <em><strong>"Art of Living Long (Paperback) by Luigi Cornaro (Author) "LUIGI CORNARO, often styled THE VENETIAN CENTENARIAN, the aged author of the famous treatise, "La Vita Sobria" (literal translation, "The Temperate Life,""</strong></em> <strong>http://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Long-Luigi-Cornaro/dp/0766102084</strong> or looks like the same book, although says (1916) and is paperback http://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Long-Luigi-Cornaro/dp/1594622264/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b Kimberly – That is probably the million dollar question. CR is just an example of the benefits for longevity, but also most people who only do CR are usually very low weight (not something more athletic people want such as myself). IF research is showing the benefits of CR with the additional benefit of maintain (or gain) of lean mass (muscle). Honestly if you are eating all natural foods, do not eat processed foods, strive for quality of foods….then you are doing great things for your health. Occasional IF may provide additional benefit and disease prevention as well, but at your age focus on quality of food first. It’s hard to really over eat on natural foods (that also keep our insulin stable)

Varangy – Like said above, CR people tend to be alot lower weight….so honestly CR is just a way to show that eating less is healthy…but it doesn’t have to go to the extreme of what Luigi did. He may of only been 115lbs for all I know, but there are important lessons we can take from his life of longevity and curing himself. Everyone is different…and who knows what the end date for any of us are….all we can do is take smart and preventative measures and then just live life. Luigi did extend his life…considering that he was dying around 40..and lived another 60+ years. As far as Wikipedia, ONLY the first paragraph about the summation of his life was used, the rest came from a different article as well as from his own writings/book (and there are plenty of other sources if you want to Google his name). I know it sounds hard to believe (as I don’t think you will find anyone from the 14th century around today to tell you more), but he did write in his later years and his book is still available today on Amazon that was published in 1942 (I haven’t read it, but I imagine it would be a very interesting read…but the message seems simple, more quality..less quantity).
“Art of Living Long (Paperback) by Luigi Cornaro (Author) “LUIGI CORNARO, often styled THE VENETIAN CENTENARIAN, the aged author of the famous treatise, “La Vita Sobria” (literal translation, “The Temperate Life,”"
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Long-Luigi-Cornaro/dp/0766102084
or looks like the same book, although says (1916) and is paperback
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Long-Luigi-Cornaro/dp/1594622264/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

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]]> By: Varangy http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Varangy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:15:47 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1305 I just re-read one more time --- the story has all the hallmarks of an urban legend. I just re-read one more time — the story has all the hallmarks of an urban legend.

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]]> By: Varangy http://www.theiflife.com/lessons-from-luigi-how-to-live-to-102/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Varangy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=95#comment-1304 I hate to rain on the parade --- but a couple cautionary thoughts: 1 - His diet sounds incredibly unhealthy to me. 2 - His diet could well have had nothing to do with his longevity. 3 - What about people who followed a similar diet and died early/average? We don't hear about them. 4 - This is from Wikipedia. Do I have to say more? I hate to rain on the parade — but a couple cautionary thoughts:

1 – His diet sounds incredibly unhealthy to me.

2 – His diet could well have had nothing to do with his longevity.

3 – What about people who followed a similar diet and died early/average? We don’t hear about them.

4 – This is from Wikipedia. Do I have to say more?

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