I have been doing a lot of thinking prompted by the recent research on dietary AGEs and methionine and lifespan vis a vis the modern version of the low carb paleo diet, which I have been eating for awhile now with great results with regards to body composition and energy levels.
I posted some of this in the AGE content of Whey protein thread but I thought it deserved its own thread.
The research indicates that dietary AGEs are a very big deal, see attachment and graph, and that excess methionine (basically all complete proteins) is not so good either see 1st link below. Dietary AGEs are formed by the cooking of fat and protein and the amount in the typical low carb and even low carb paleo diet is quite high, see link below to AGE content of foods.
Granted one could consume raw proteins (only at the level of body requirements) uncooked fats and get a better approximation of a true paleo diet that would be low in AGE. But now a days we have to cook our meat and from a shear practicality standpoint and using what happens in real life, a low carb paleo diet will be high in cooked fats and proteins.
Low carb paleo is great for getting ones weight down and ones bloodwork looking good but a lower fat, lower protein, higher carb (low glycemic) will do the same thing so long as you are restricting calories somewhat, even just 10%.
Basically, while I am still currently eating low carb paleo, I am seriously considering switching to a mostly raw, mostly plant based, zone 40 30 30, low glycemic, CR diet. The level of CR I have not yet decided.
dietary age not only cancels the effects of CR but the CRd mice with high dietary AGE lived shorter lives than the ad lib controls! see attachment
methionine
http://www.fightagin...ives/001637.php
age content of foods
http://andersonclan....umeric_list.htm
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Edited by edward, 06 January 2009 - 12:00 AM.