How to Eat for "Longevity" in NY in 2024?
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No High-Lectin Foods: Such as nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant), certain nuts and seeds, grain-fed animal proteins, beans, legumes, and A1 dairy products.
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Only Good Fats and Oils: Extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, walnut oil, sesame oil, and coconut oil are recommended.
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Lots of Leafy Greens and Cruciferous Vegetables: Including romaine, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts.
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Incorporate Avocados: For their high fiber and healthy fats.
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Include Walnuts, Macadamia Nuts, Pistachios, and Pine Nuts: For antioxidants and reducing inflammation.
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Added Extra Dark Chocolate: Ensure it contains at least 75% cacao for cardiovascular benefits.
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Utilizing Mushrooms, Especially Shiitake and Maitake for their gut health benefits and Lion's Mane and Chaga for brain and body functioning.
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Using Sesame Seeds and Oil: Known for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
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Adding Zen Basil Seeds and Hemps: High in protein, fiber, and minerals.
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Prioritizing Foods Low on the Glycemic Index and Rich in Antioxidants: Such as those mentioned above.
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Engage in Intermittent Fasting: Mimic ancestral eating habits by allowing the body to have periods without food.
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Using Nuts and Flour Alternatives in Moderation: Specifically, macadamia, walnuts, pistachios, pecans, coconut, hazelnuts, and chestnuts
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Using Only Resistant Starches and in Small Quantities: Such as green bananas or plantains.
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Opting for Wild-Caught Seafood and Pastured Poultry: Preferring these over the grain-fed varieties for proteins.
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Dairy is Limited to Southern European goat, sheep, and buffalo milk.
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Using Grass-Fed, Pasture-Raised Meats: Limiting to twice weekly.
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Favoring a Wide Variety of Vegetables: a diverse intake of vegetables, especially those low in lectins and rich in nutrients, including:
- Cruciferous: broccoli, arugula, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, bok choy, cabbage, kohlrabi
- Asparagus
- Radishes
- Seaweed/sea vegetables
- Fennel
- Endive.
These points encapsulate Brocco's approach to a longevity diet that minimizes lectin intake while prioritizing nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich foods and healthy fats. Our restaurant brands meet those and other rules creating an almost ideal longevity-diet experience.