The Delay Aging Food Plan

The Delay Aging Food Plan has a lot of plant foods but does not demand you become a vegetarian or vegan. More what has been termed a ‘reducitarian’ – eating mainly plant protein but with fish and some meat.

  • GREEN foods (2 a day)

    Broccoli, chard, spinach, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, sprouts, rocket, asparagus, green peppers, peas, courgettes/zucchini, celery, leafy salads, mangetout /sugarsnaps

  • RED foods (1-2 a day)

    Strawberries, raspberries, cherries, red grapes, red pepper, red onion, tomatoes, apples, chilli peppers

  • YELLOW and ORANGE foods (1-2 a day)

    Carrots, sweet potatoes, oranges, grapefruit, mango, apricot, pumpkin, banana, sweetcorn, squash

  • BLUE and PURPLE foods (1-2 a day)

    Blueberries, bilberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, black/concord grapes, raisins, plums, aubergine/eggplant, beetroot

  • WHOLE GRAINS (2 a day)

    Wholegrain bread, cereals, pasta, rice, oats, quinoa, buckwheat, rye, barley, etc.

  • FRUIT/VEGETABLE JUICE (Max 1 a day)

    Single or mixed fruits or vegetables (pure fruit/veg, no added sugar)

  • PREBIOTIC and HIGH FIBRE foods in addition to fibre in fruits, grains and vegetables (4-5 times a week)

    Onions, garlic, leeks, artichokes, lentils, bananas, beans (kidney, haricot, borlotti, black-eye etc), chickpeas and products eg. dhal, hummus. Add occasional fermented foods, like sauerkraut, miso, kefir, tempeh.

  • MUSHROOMS (3x a week)

    All eg. chestnut, portobello, oyster, shiitake, maitake, chanterelle, reishi

  • HERBS and SPICES (as frequently as you can)

    Turmeric, ginger, cayenne, chili, curry powder, basil, thyme, black pepper, cinnamon, oregano, rosemary, nutmeg, sage, coriander, etc. They add health benefits and flavor, reducing need for salt.

  • SOYBEANS and products (1-2 times a week)

    Tofu, edamame, miso, textured soy protein, natto

  • NUTS and SEEDS (small handful daily)

    Nuts eg. walnuts, cashews, peanuts, almonds, brazil nuts. Seeds eg. flax (linseeds), chia, hemp, sesame, pine, pumpkin.

  • Oily FISH (Optional, 2-3 times a week)

    Salmon (esp. wild), herring, trout, anchovy, mackerel, sardines, pilchards. Occasional shellfish eg. prawns (for selenium, zinc).

  • MEAT (Optional, 1-2 times a week)

    Chicken, turkey, game, duck, lamb. You need about 1g a day of protein per gram of body weight. Organic/free range if you can.

  • EGGS (Optional, up to 3 a week)

    Organic and free-range hens have better feed quality and lifestyle, and their eggs have higher nutrients.

  • DAIRY (Optional, in moderation)

    Dairy contributes calcium, magnesium and vitamins, but these are also in vegetables. Choose organic milk and butter, real cheeses, especially green and blue, and plain ‘live’ yogurts.

  • Plant-derived FATS and OILS (as needed)

    Extra virgin olive, flaxseed or hempseed oils for salads and general cooking. Avocado oil for high-temperature frying.

  • DARK CHOCOLATE (2-3 squares daily)

    Cocoa flavonols are healthy and there’s much less sugar and no dairy compared to milk chocolate.

  • DRINKS (frequent)

    6-8 glasses equivalent of water-based drinks ie. water, teas (green, black, chamomile, herbal), coffee. Moderate red wine (women 1 glass a day; men 1-2).

Eat Fewer Pro-Inflammatory Processed Foods

  • All refined sugar foods (eat fewer)

    Sugary soft drinks, cakes, biscuits, confectionery

  • All refined starchy foods (eat fewer)

    White-flour baked goods, white rice, crisps, snacks

  • Processed and fast foods (eat fewer)

    With high fat, particularly saturated animal fats and excess Omega-6 oils like sunflower, corn and palm

  • Smoked or cured meats (eat fewer)

    eg. Bacon, ham, hot dogs, with nitrosamines linked to cancer

The Delay Aging Food Pyramid

You will have seen food pyramids before, but ours is inverted, with the foods to eat most of at the top, and foods to eat sparingly at the bottom.

Notice that the inverted foundation consists of vegetables, because veggies contain some of the most protective nutrients and fibre. But there is another reason. When University College London published their study confirming 9-10 portions of fruit and veg a day as optimal, they also showed that consuming vegetables had an even greater protective effect than eating fruit.

Activity and Lifestyle

  • Physical Activity (5 times weekly at least half an hour)

    Simply walking counts!

  • Mind Relaxation (daily)

    eg. an effective 3-minute relaxation exercise

  • Mental Activity (daily)

    Puzzles, quizzes, planning projects, organizing events

Optimum nutrition helps you look younger, too.

High blood levels of Omega 3 and protective plant compounds – anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatories, vitamins, minerals and trace elements – are also linked to younger appearance. Because a healthy look on the outside is a function of healthy cells and active mitochondria on the inside.

Our simple plan recognises that there is a role for a comprehensive daily health supplement to ‘fill in the gaps’ so that you can achieve optimum nutrition every day. Not the least, because our intensively-farmed soils are becoming less nutrient dense.

But a simple one-a-day vitamin and mineral pill is not enough – especially for older people (50+).

RDAs are established at ‘just adequate’ levels to prevent deficiency diseases – like scurvy or rickets – not at optimised levels to help counteract accumulated damage. And there is little evidence that RDA-level multi-vitamins alone reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer.

So an effective supplement needs to include the sort of co-factor plant nutrients found in the Blue Zones, too. Some can even help turn genes on and off – health-promoters on and health-threateners off.

BENEFITS OF 12 SUPERFOOD PLANT NUTRIENTS

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