I’m a Doctor — This Is How I Eat to Reach 100

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What if the healthiest way to eat for a long life involved more olive oil, not less, and never asked you to count a single calorie? After a summer eating around Mediterranean tables in Italy and Greece, I came home more convinced than ever that healthy fats, whole foods and plenty of fibre are where longevity really begins.

Ultra processed food, low fat marketing and decades of confusing advice have shaped how we eat in the UK and the US, and it shows up in our blood sugar, blood pressure and heart disease risk.

In this video I talk about what Steph and I noticed watching whole families eat in Verona and on holiday in Greece, and why their food looks so different to the average Western plate. I go through the PREDIMED trial on the Mediterranean diet with extra virgin olive oil and nuts, a tightly controlled study on ultra processed diets and overeating, and what the World Health Organization says about processed meat and bowel cancer.

I also share the simple framework we use at home every day, built around one question: would your great grandparents recognise this as food? Colourful vegetables at every meal, foods you actually have to chew, proper cuts of meat and fish, and beans and pulses every single day. None of it needs a diet plan, and you can start using it today.

In this video you'll learn:
-Why Mediterranean families eat so much fat and still have low rates of chronic disease
-How marketing and the low fat era pushed us towards ultra processed food
-What the PREDIMED trial found about extra virgin olive oil, nuts and heart attacks
-Why being fit and active can't undo a poor diet
-The great grandparent test for spotting real food
-Why colour, crunch and chewing matter for fullness and inflammation
-How much processed meat raises bowel cancer risk in absolute terms
-How to increase your fibre with beans and pulses without the bloating

Whether you want to protect your heart, keep your blood sugar steady or stay independent well into your eighties and nineties, this way of eating is simple to start, enjoyable to stick with and built for the long game.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Introduction
01:52 – What I noticed at the table in Italy and Greece
06:11 – Why the Western world eats the way it does
09:25 – Why fat was never the problem
12:37 – Why you can't out-exercise a bad diet
14:22 – Why every meal is an opportunity
16:09 – The great grandparent test
17:57 – Colour and a salad with every meal
20:08 – Crunch and chew
22:22 – Animals that look like animals
24:42 – Beans and pulses every day
26:56 – Putting it all together

REFERENCES
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31105...

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29897...

Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26514...

Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30638...

Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418...

Consumption of Olive Oil and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among U.S. Adults
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35027...

Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28338...

Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27916...

Disclaimer: This is not personal medical advice and does not override what your doctor says.

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