What Is The Best Diet For Longevity? - Dr Mike Israetel

LMNT has hidden garbage in it and it’s twice the price of better electrolyte powders

Thx Chris for covering this topic

Chris are you doing carnivore? Xx

Because we eat corn, our intestines cannot digest it.

That French fry joke made me cackle

Money.
Lots of money is the answer.

this guys a joke

Plz make video with devid goggins again on discipline

OK. When it comes to training and workout tips, Mike Israetel might be my favourite dude.
BUT! When it comes topic of longevity, I will NEVER listen to a man who says refined sugar and seed oils are harmless. That is a man who is misguided at best. And paid off by the industry at worst.
So yeah. Not my guy to trust when it comes to longevity. Workout info- All day though

Noooo! Please don’t ask this guy what the best diet for longevity is. He says seed oils are fine….steroids in moderation…..I could go on….actually one of few people I’ve unfollowed!!!!

All these people in the comments acting like they don’t cheat on their diets all the time

Framework 1: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Framework 2: eat foods located on the edges of the grocery store. Avoid foods located in the inner aisles of the grocery store.

Farm raised fish, and seafood, along with chemically sprayed fruit, veggies, and grains. No wonder cancer rates are so high.

Why would anyone think israetel is an expert on longevity? There are people that make a living doing research on longevity. He's not one of them

Everyone should ne consuming much more coconut oil, olive oil, lard, tallow, butter and other healthy fats.

The MEDITERRANEAN diet is the best. You don't need a juiced up guy who gives overrated, generic and useless lifting advice to tell you that.

Chris would look awesome in long, flowing hair.
Like this if you want him to go health-elf.

Isn't the best diet for longevity simply THE best diet full stop?!

lets not forget - the sun could explode tomorrow and was all for nothing 😂

Honor your father and Mother that you may live well on the Earth.

I've seem Carnivore and Raw Vegans do well.

I (64) am not inclined to take longevity advice from a 40 year old, let alone a 40 year old that looks like he is in his late 40s.

The best diet for longevity focuses on whole, nutrient-dense foods and emphasizes balance and moderation. While individual needs may vary, research points to several dietary patterns associated with long life and good health. Here are key elements:

### 1. *Plant-Based Focus*
- **Vegetables & Fruits**: Prioritize a variety of colorful vegetables and fruits, rich in antioxidants and vitamins.
- **Legumes**: Beans, lentils, and peas are high in fiber, protein, and micronutrients.
- **Whole Grains**: Opt for minimally processed grains like quinoa, oats, and brown rice.
- **Nuts & Seeds**: Almonds, walnuts, chia seeds, and flaxseeds provide healthy fats and essential nutrients.

### 2. *Healthy Fats*
- Choose unsaturated fats from sources like olive oil, avocados, and fatty fish (rich in omega-3s).
- Limit saturated fats and avoid trans fats.

### 3. *Moderate Protein*
- Focus on plant-based proteins, fish, and lean meats in moderation.
- Avoid overconsumption of red and processed meats.

### 4. *Low Sugar & Refined Carbs*
- Minimize added sugars and ultra-processed foods.
- Avoid sugary drinks, pastries, and white bread.

### 5. *Dairy & Fermented Foods*
- Include fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and kimchi to support gut health.

### 6. *Caloric Moderation & Fasting*
- Avoid overeating. Studies on calorie restriction and intermittent fasting suggest benefits for longevity.
- Incorporate fasting methods like time-restricted eating (e.g., 12-14 hours overnight).

### 7. *Hydration*
- Drink water regularly and limit alcohol and sugary beverages.
- Green tea and herbal teas, such as chamomile or rooibos, may offer additional benefits.

### 8. *Mediterranean or Blue Zone Diets*
- The **Mediterranean diet**, rich in olive oil, fish, vegetables, and whole grains, is linked to reduced risk of chronic disease.
- The *Blue Zones diet* (inspired by regions with the longest-lived people) emphasizes plant-based foods, moderate physical activity, and community connections.

### Practical Tips:
- **Seasonal & Local Foods**: Choose seasonal produce for better nutrients and flavor.
- **Cook at Home**: Prepare meals yourself to control ingredients and portion sizes.
- **Mindful Eating**: Eat slowly and enjoy your meals to avoid overeating.

Would you like more details on any of these approaches?

Just eat the food that feels right. Foster healthy relationship and lifestyle habits. Do your best to avoid negativity

Watching this while I’m eating Dominoes Buffalo chicken pizza 😂

You should interview a teenager. I think you would be very interesting to see someone my age talking to you.

Remove seed oils from your diet. High fructose corn syrup. The dyes that are chemicals. After a month I'm no longer constantly hungry, don't binge eat, but I eat whatever I want whenever I want that doesn't contain those things. Lost ten pounds in a month. First "diet" I've been on in my life that I actually want to continue.

Way too reductionist. Body composition, and thus calories and macros alone could truly be the 80%, but that remaining 20% is too large to dismiss based on concerns of psychological discomfort.

Skinny people and fat people both face the same challenge every day… how many calories will I eat. Might as well figure out how many calories you can eat and not gain wait to make this a little more simple of a life long equation

It doesn’t “matter a little bit” what you eat, as long as you are at a healthy weight. This is very off. People who are fit and skinny die all the time of heart disease and cancer. Food affects those things majorly. Definitely focus on low saturated fat and much more plants than animal products.

This is packed with ridiculously reductive strawmanning - how many times is a vegan diet dunked on in these 8 minutes with ideas of being neurotic and obsessive? The mental gymnastics to avoid saying a plant-based diet is healthier by focusing on how being 300-400 pounds is bad, stress is bad, and eating processed food is bad? Everyone already knows that

I loved the recent podcast with Lionel Page but this is empty, prior bias-affirming, bullshit bro science.

While I agree about most of the stuff, just know the numbers are Venturing deep into the realm of estimated guessing

FOODS IN THE THREE MODES:
There are THREE kinds of foods, according to the three “modes”, explicated in Chapter 18 of this, “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity”:

Foods in the mode of PURITY (“sattva guṇa”, in Sanskrit) promote good physical and mental health. The adage, “healthy body, healthy mind”, is pertinent to this mode. Such foods include, in approximate order of their importance: fruits (especially if they are tree-ripened), vegetables, nuts, legumes/pulses, grains, roots, flowers, tubers, bulbs, and of course, purified water (or milk, in the case of infants), supplemented with seeds and herbs. To be included in this classification, the food must be living, that is, fresh and raw (or at most, steamed or lightly sautéed, if one is residing in a cold clime). Most animals subsist on living foodstuffs, so to be considered healthy, the food must be both living and natural. As with all herbivorous mammals, humans who consume a pure diet, normally experience a bowel movement after each (substantial) meal.

Foods in the mode of PASSION (“rajas guṇa”, in Sanskrit) promote indigestion (or, at least, are more difficult to digest than pure foods) and overly-excite the mind. Such foods are basically the same as above, but with a certain quantity of oil, spices, sweeteners, salt and/or other condiments added. To be included in this category, the plant-based foods may be properly cooked (but not overcooked) and moderately-to-mildly seasoned. Those who consume foods predominately in the mode of passion, normally defecate after breaking their fast (i.e. breakfast).

Foods in the mode of DARKNESS (“tamas guṇa”, in Sanskrit) cannot rightly be called “food” at all, and invariably cause digestive upsets, such as constipation or diarrhoea. Such “offal” is either dry, stale, putrid, rancid, decayed, carcinogenic, overcooked (or even worse, burnt), processed beyond recognition, bitter, or the remnants of another’s meal (that is, food that has been leftover by a person who is lower in the hierarchy of society than the person who intends to consume it. For example, it would be offensive for a beggar to offer the remains of his meal to his king, yet the converse would be a rather benevolent act). Again, to be included in this classification, the food is to be of wholly plant or fungal origin.

THE IDEAL DIET:
Ideally, the bulk (if not ALL) of one’s diet should comprise of minimally-processed raw foods, such as tropical fruits or vegetable salads, the latter of which often consists of fruits anyway, because such foods as tomatoes, cucumbers and olives are, in fact, fruits, since they are seed-bearing foods. If one consumes a very high proportion of raw fruits, it is rarely, if ever, necessary to fast. Fasting is beneficial for those who partake in a diet high in processed and cooked dishes. Fruit-juice fasting is perhaps the best method of fasting, especially for those living a vigorous lifestyle. Unless one is particularly active, eating more than two meals per day is unnecessary. Ideally, cooked and highly-processed foods should be reserved for the final meal of the day, since the process of digestion itself consumes more energy than any other activity.

Ideally, one should sit in a comfortable position, and eat one’s meal with a RELAXED mental disposition. Consuming food in an anxious state of mind may cause digestive upsets. If practical, it is suggested that eating with bare hands is more conducive to the enjoyment of one’s meal. In case the reader may be wondering what this author, the current World Teacher, usually consumes, the following is my typical daily meal plan:
Upon waking from sleep, I rinse my mouth with a mixture of commercial mouthwash, a drop of clove oil and tea tree oil. Then, I drink at least one cup of purified water, mixed with a couple of vitamin tablets (definitely vitamin B12, and when I am residing in a location that receives little direct sunlight, vitamin D also). After two or three hours, I break my fast with either a bowl of oats, mixed with raw and dried fruits, chia seeds, raw cacao nibs, moringa powder, and sweetened soya drink (inaccurately called “soya milk” by many persons), plus a handful of mixed nuts and seeds, or else, I prepare a large fruit salad (ideally, using as many tropical fruits as can be afforded), plus a variety of nuts and seeds.
For my second and final meal of the day, I prepare a mixed salad, invariably consisting of Roma tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce or alfalfa sprouts, raw beetroot, black olives, a gherkin (pickled cucumber), a type of herb (coriander, parsley, oregano, etc.), a teaspoon of ground seeds (chia, sesame and flax), and dressed with extra-virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar. The salad is eaten with a cooked dish (I am particularly fond of Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and Lebanese recipes), plus a side snack like corn chips, and after a while, I consume dessert with soya drink.

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Longevity advice from someone on steroids!

My diet consists primarily of cat hair and microplastics

How in heaven's name can you, with authority, prove longevity. What is definition of longevity? How many years is long?

makes me think of people who eat a meat-only diet and get fully healthy medical results...
1 extra year at the end of your life is not worth cutting out most things that tastes good for all the other years

What are you basing your models on? You must travel worldwide and research many many cultural natural ways of existence and determine an actual baseline for a starting point. There are an incredible number of factors including genetics and elements of isolation that play into the formula that most research ignores. True science tests all data and is pure in approach. Meeting the expectations of those that finance the research always seems to skew the data to satisfy the financial backers desires. Science has been its own downfall in the public trust. Science has become a political and tool of greed and control and lost the public trust, damn shame, folks!!!

Common sense

We need absolutely zero grains…

who thinks mike israetel is gonna be the longest living person

Low fat?? You need fat, animal fat.

Let’s ask the guy on gear about longevity 😂😂😂 so how does trenbaloney extend your life ?

Is it just me, or does Chris look and sound fucking wired? 😂

I am from India I love❤ you sir you are change my life. I watched your video. I know english and speak broken English. Thank you.

Has to be the PORTFOLIO diet which was developed specifically for longevity! But as Mike states, dietary pattern is the most important thing.

For the algooo, I have seen the full episode, but some jokes are worth rewatching.

My Brother in Law, ate mostly organic and healthy variety of meats, fish, vegetables, not a vegetarian, very tall and slim male, never smoked or drank, and he died of intestinal cancer.

“Probably 80-20 situation” well that’s not very scientific