Los Angeles Times spoke with Caroline Cicero about lessons we can learn from the life and career of U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein. “In the case of Sen. Feinstein and so many, their identity is wrapped up in the work they do, and yes, I believe that many people don’t retire because they don’t know what else they would do,” she said. “Work is not life, and life is not work.”
Insider spoke with Valter Longo about the importance of eating well for longevity. Yahoo Life republished the article.
Washington Post quoted Cary Kreutzer of USC Leonard Davis on the amount of processed foods that Americans consume and ways to reduce these in your diet. “Americans are consuming far more processed foods than ever. … Ultra-processed foods are being developed that have ‘hedonic’ — highly pleasurable — qualities, and salt and sugar play a significant role in promoting the hedonic properties in foods.” The story also appeared in Consumer Reports.
Medical News Today spoke with Valter Longo about the Blue Zone diet and his work developing the Longevity diet. “Because diet [is] intended as ‘how and what we eat’ and not as a method to lose weight, [it] can regulate the genes that regulate the aging process, but also those that regulate the removal of damaged components of cells and the regeneration of parts of various tissues and organs.”
The Guardian spoke with Valter Longo of USC Leonard Davis about the science behind aging healthily and the importance of diet as we grow older. When it comes to ageing healthily, “diet is much more powerful than anything else,” he says.
Los Angeles Times spoke with Donna Benton of USC Leonard Davis about the cultural norms, economic hardships, and cost of professional elderly care and one family’s struggle to care for an aging loved one. “I think more people, particularly with the housing crunch, are going to be living together,” Benton said.
TIME spoke with Pinchas Cohen about the inevitability of death, and a tech entrepreneur who is attempting to live forever using diet and fitness. “Death is not optional; it’s written into our genes. … There’s absolutely no evidence that [living forever] is possible, and there’s absolutely no technology right now that even suggests that we’re heading that way.”
LA Weekly highlighted Valter Longo of USC Leonard Davis for his work on the Fasting Mimicking Diet and his research in aging, longevity and metabolic health.
Healthnews featured an article on the fasting-mimicking diet developed by Valter Longo
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