The 120-Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

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[NB: Outdated majorly in its promotion of the low fat, high carb diet since deconstructed by the likes of Cummins/Gerber: "Eat Rich, Live Long" (2018), but posted nevertheless as it contains other still useful information.] [rear cover blurb:] Discover The Revolutionary High Nutrition/Low Calorie Diet That Can Double Your Youth-Span, Double Your Years! You can live longer—and feel younger and more vigorous at every age—with the help of THE 120-YEAR DIET. Developed by Dr. Roy L. Walford, one of America’s leading research physicians and gerontologists, this high-nutrient, low-calorie diet is based on long-range universily studies which suggest that people can retard aging, extend their life span and prevent killer diseases with the simple dietary measures described in THE 120-YEAR DIET. Learn how you can: * REDUCE YOUR RISK of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis; * ENJOY ENHANCED SEXUALITY AND FERTILITY at a more advanced age; * IMPROVE your eyesight and hearing, sharpen your concentration, increase your energy level; * LOSE WEIGHT GRADUALLY, SAFELY, PERMANENTLY; * GET THE VITAMINS YOUR BODY NEEDS for maximum life span; * PREPARE DELICIOUS, HEALTHFUL MEALS—menus and recipes for 20 days, plus how to plan your own daily menus; * REDUCE CALORIES, BOOST NUTRITION AND NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN!; “Dr. Roy Walford has recently shown that the benefits of ‘undernutrition without malnutrition’ apparently can be reaped even if food restriction does not begin until middle age.” —Jane Brody, The New York Times. This the first Pocket Books printing, January 1988. First published 1986. The 120-Year Diet - Front Cover Blurbs / Author Biography Pocket Books Quantity Discounts Title Page Printer's Imprint Dedication Acknowledgment Preface CONTENTS Quotations from Montaigne / Dior 1. Better Health and Greater Longevity 2. Gauging Aging: What Is Your Biologic Age? 3. Scientific Background of the High/Low Diet: The Animal Evidence 4. The High/Low Diet for Humans: First Principles 5. Prevent What Is Going to Kill You 6. The Complex Philosophy of Supplementation 7. Practical Supplementation 8. The Size of Exercise: How Much Is Too Little and Too Much 9. The Whole Program 10. Foods and Tips for a High/Low Cuisine Appendix A. Food Combinations and Tasty Menus for the Healthiest 20 Days of Your Life Appendix B. Nutritive Values of the Best Foods References and Notes Readings and Resources Index Rear Cover