The document discusses how diet plays a major role in longevity and average life expectancy. It provides tips for eating for longevity, including consuming more raw fruits and vegetables, eating less meat, avoiding sugar, eating seafood and tofu, and eating beans and raw vegetables to help build bones and slow muscle and bone mass loss. Other tips discussed are developing social support, taking naps, limiting alcohol, controlling portions as metabolism slows with age, staying physically active, finding purpose to help manage stress, and exploring spirituality. Proper diet and lifestyle can lead to benefits like weight loss, increased libido, lower blood pressure, and reduced medications.

1. The Secret to Long Life:
Learn How to Eat for
Longevity

2. Average life expectancy in
the United States is 78.8
years, but you could beat
the odds by changing your
diet.

3. Take some Pacific
Islanders for example, their
diet allows many to live
past 100.

4. Experts agree that while
genetics and lifestyle help
to determine how long
you'll live, diet plays a
major role.

5. Your body burns calories
more slowly as you grow
older, so your portions
accordingly.

6. 5. By fueling your engine
with the proper fuel, you
can see benefits you
haven't even imagined
were open to you.

7. You can lose weight,
increase your libido, lower
your blood pressure and
reduce your medications,
by changing your diet.

8. Study these suggestions
for eating for longevity.

9. Food Choices to Help
Increase Longevity

10. 1) Consume more raw
vegetables and fruits.

11. I really love meat but my
body wants the raw fruits
and vegetables.

12. And eating the raw fruits
and vegetables has
changed my pallet.

13. 2) Eat less meat.

14. You're going to see more
and more information
about the health benefits of
cutting your meat
consumption.

15. 3) Avoid sugar.

16. Added sugar goes by many
names but they all add up
to empty calories and
increased triglycerides.

17. Try cutting back gradually
and switching to healthier
treats like fruit and nuts.

18. 4) Go Fish

19. When eating seafood,
leave the butter behind but
drench it in lemon juice.

20. Lemon juice not only brings
youthful skin but contains
Lithium, a trace mineral
that helps mood naturally.

21. 5) Try tofu.

22. Soy products are another
form of lean protein.

23. You can find soymilk, tofu,
and tempeh in most
supermarkets now. Eat
beans and raw vegetables
to build your bones.

24. It's natural to lose muscle
and bone mass as we age,
but the foods you eat can
slow down the process.

25. Other Choices to Help
Increase Longevity

26. 1) Develop support.

27. Good food deserves to be
shared.

28. Create a sense of
community by eating
together with family and
friends.

29. 2) Take naps.

30. Rest between meals. Learn
to nap.

31. 3) Limit alcohol.

32. Moderate drinkers tend to
be healthier.

33. 4) Control portions.

34. Your body burns calories
more slowly as you age, so
adjust your portions.

35. 5) Stay active.

36. Do activities that you find
fun but give you a workout.

37. 6) Find your purpose.

38. It's easier to manage
stress when you feel
fulfilled on a deeper level.

39. Explore your spiritual side.

40. Your diet is one key to
enjoying a longer, happier
and healthier life.

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