Faux fasting is new to us, but thinking about diet is not. Our thanks to Jason Horowitz for another story from Italy: To Live Past 100, Mangia a Lot Less: Italian Expert's Ideas on Aging Valter Longo, who wants to live to a healthy 120 or 130, …
Like many Italian aging researchers, Dr. Longo thinks Italy doesn't invest enough in research. "Italy's got such incredible history and a wealth of information about aging," he said. "But spends virtually nothing." Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times
Valter Longo, who wants to live to a healthy 120 or 130, sees the key to longevity in diet — legumes and fish — and faux fasting.
Most members of the band subscribed to a live-fast-die-young lifestyle. But as they partook in the drinking and drugging endemic to the 1990s grunge scene after shows at the Whisky a Go Go, Roxy and other West Coast clubs, the band's guitarist, Valter Longo, a nutrition-obsessed Italian Ph.D. student, wrestled with a lifelong addiction to longevity.
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