Longevity on Oprah

I don't watch too much tv but last night I watched an Oprah show that caught my interest. The topic of the show was Life Extension. The first couple guest were people who were on the calorie restriction diet. They were on about 80% raw diet and consumed around 1900 calories for a man and 1600 for a woman. All the guest claimed that this diet have changed their lives. They had more energy, looked younger, haven't been sick for years and their life expectancy was greatly extended.

The doctor on the show, Dr. Oz explained that the way the calorie restriction diet work is that once our bodies have a calorie restriction, they start to work and use the energy more efficentlly therefore making our cells age slower. Of course, I'm sure that the major part of this diet is the raw part. I mean, I honestly doubt you'd be getting these benefits from eating burgers and fried food, even if you kept down the calorie intake.

Another guest on the show was 85 year old David Murdock, the owner and founder of Dole. Mr. Murdock swears by the fresh fruit juices he consumes daily. He can do 50 pushups and feels better than ever. You can check out the clips from Oprah's show here!

Now from Oprah's diet to my diet... I had a great day as far as staying raw and feeling good. Here's what I had today:

2 liters of water
1 pear, 1 banana, with some raw granola and raw walnuts (yummy yum..I cant emphasize enough how much I love this combo)
2 slices of sprouted bread with tomato hummus, tomatoes, radishes, and green onions
1 champagne mango (good, pretty much the same as a regular mango)
Couple handfuls of raw walnuts
another bottle of water

So I'm very happy with my food intake today. I felt great most of the day and not even really hungry. At one point in the day I started to feel like I was coming down with a cold but it went away. I ended my day with a half an hour walk on the treadmill and listened to the first 30 min of Steve Pavlina's new podcast. The podcast started of with some interesting points and I cant wait to finish listening to it tomorrow. Well nite nite everybody!