I was watching the Horizon film with Dr Michael Mosley and I was interested in the segment where he goes to visit this guy who has been on a calorie restricted diet for some years. His name was Joe Cordell and I found out a bit more about him which I wanted to share:
http://matts-cr.blogspot.com.au/2009/03 ... -plan.html
For breakfast starts with 3 apples. Only uses the peel and tosses the rest. 2 cups of wild blueberries.2 cups of raspberries. 80 calories a piece. Walnuts - just a little more than 2 ounces (weighed). It's important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you take in some healthy fats which helps absorption of the nutrients. LUNCH. Salad bar.
At 5'9", Joe weighs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person who needs to count calories, but as part of his life extension program, he monitors every morsel of food that passes through his system.
Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1,950 calories.
Joe doesn't deprive himself of food. Instead, this 51-year-old father fills up on natural fruits, vegetables and lean proteins that are packed with essential vitamins and nutrients. "Whenever you're thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the most nutritional bang per calorie," Joe says.
In keeping with this philosophy, Joe starts every morning with three apples...but he only eats the peels. "Most of the fiber is in the peel, but more importantly, most of the nutrients are in the peel," he says.
Then, he tops the peels with wild blueberries, raspberries and 2 ounces of walnuts.
"It's important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat, some healthy fats," he says. "I think it helps the absorption of the nutrients, and it's very filling."
For lunch, Joe usually eats a large salad, loaded with vegetables. At dinnertime, he and his family enjoy lean meat or fish and more veggies.
When Joe started practicing calorie restriction, he weighed 175 pounds. Since then, he's lost 45 pounds, and he says he hasn't had a cold in seven years. Though he's in his "golden years," researchers studying Joe say he has the body of a 20-year-old athlete. "I saw my blood pressure go down substantially. My heart rate went down substantially," he says. "I had more energy than I'd ever had."
General diet - Fruits and vegetables, nuts and grains and a bit of lean meat.
"You learn to like salads without lots of dressing. There are other things you can use, like balsamic vinegar. Mustard is delicious in a salad; most people think mustard only goes on lettuce in a hamburger. I use a rich variety of vegetables, just a really, really varied salad.
You can eat a tremendous amount of food, as you can see from pictures and whatnot that are out there of me. I walk away from lunch much fuller than anybody else at a table. They've eaten much less food and I've eaten 2 pounds of salad and taken in maybe 400 calories and feel completely satisfied.
If I ate what they ate for lunch, I would be hungry.
Peels — that's another tip. With an apple, you can decide to cut off a little thicker peel and get a bit of the taste of apple. Eating predominantly the peel eradicates 80% of the calories. You have a ton of fiber in peel plus you get rid of all the sugar and it tastes wonderful, and it's just a load of phytochemicals, plant chemicals." Joe Cordell.
http://matts-cr.blogspot.com.au/2009/03 ... -plan.html
For breakfast starts with 3 apples. Only uses the peel and tosses the rest. 2 cups of wild blueberries.2 cups of raspberries. 80 calories a piece. Walnuts - just a little more than 2 ounces (weighed). It's important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you take in some healthy fats which helps absorption of the nutrients. LUNCH. Salad bar.
At 5'9", Joe weighs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person who needs to count calories, but as part of his life extension program, he monitors every morsel of food that passes through his system.
Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1,950 calories.
Joe doesn't deprive himself of food. Instead, this 51-year-old father fills up on natural fruits, vegetables and lean proteins that are packed with essential vitamins and nutrients. "Whenever you're thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the most nutritional bang per calorie," Joe says.
In keeping with this philosophy, Joe starts every morning with three apples...but he only eats the peels. "Most of the fiber is in the peel, but more importantly, most of the nutrients are in the peel," he says.
Then, he tops the peels with wild blueberries, raspberries and 2 ounces of walnuts.
"It's important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat, some healthy fats," he says. "I think it helps the absorption of the nutrients, and it's very filling."
For lunch, Joe usually eats a large salad, loaded with vegetables. At dinnertime, he and his family enjoy lean meat or fish and more veggies.
When Joe started practicing calorie restriction, he weighed 175 pounds. Since then, he's lost 45 pounds, and he says he hasn't had a cold in seven years. Though he's in his "golden years," researchers studying Joe say he has the body of a 20-year-old athlete. "I saw my blood pressure go down substantially. My heart rate went down substantially," he says. "I had more energy than I'd ever had."
General diet - Fruits and vegetables, nuts and grains and a bit of lean meat.
"You learn to like salads without lots of dressing. There are other things you can use, like balsamic vinegar. Mustard is delicious in a salad; most people think mustard only goes on lettuce in a hamburger. I use a rich variety of vegetables, just a really, really varied salad.
You can eat a tremendous amount of food, as you can see from pictures and whatnot that are out there of me. I walk away from lunch much fuller than anybody else at a table. They've eaten much less food and I've eaten 2 pounds of salad and taken in maybe 400 calories and feel completely satisfied.
If I ate what they ate for lunch, I would be hungry.
Peels — that's another tip. With an apple, you can decide to cut off a little thicker peel and get a bit of the taste of apple. Eating predominantly the peel eradicates 80% of the calories. You have a ton of fiber in peel plus you get rid of all the sugar and it tastes wonderful, and it's just a load of phytochemicals, plant chemicals." Joe Cordell.
