Mr. Stekovic, you say in your book*, who find fasting too exhausting, could make it even easier. How is this going to go?
Who consumed certain foods, can expect a comparable positive effect for the health, as if he were fasting.
it sounds too good to be true.
fasting and eating seem in fact to exclude. But it works. The magic word is “Spermidine”. The is a polyamine that occurs in all body cells, with increasing age but decreases. It was discovered the substance in the 1970s in the seminal fluid, the semen, where it is the most concentrated contain, hence the Name. Ten years ago, then a research team led by the Austrian biochemist Frank Madeo of our University in Graz to demonstrate that Spermidine slows down the aging process of human cells.
How does it work?
Madeo, by the way, my former PhD supervisor, has found out with his group that from the outside supplied to the Spermidine that the body that he gets no food. So he switches on Autophagy.
Autophagy?
Yes, it means “self-eating” – and corresponds to the cell cleaning process, the use of fasting.
Can you explain this process in more detail?
imagine a factory: The workers get their raw materials are always delivered promptly; you are processing continuously, nearly around the clock. You have no time to take care of the waste generated or recycling. It is the same with human cells: Who is eating always, overloaded his cells. And follow heavy: The waste remains. This cellular it is made responsible for many diseases of civilization such as cardiovascular problems, cancer, and especially for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
Slaven Stekovic (30), a molecular biologist, is conducting research at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz to the influence of the diet on aging.
your recipe?
fasting and a spermidine-rich diet: a combination of Both, according to current Knowledge, is useful to stay healthy as long as possible. After 14 to 16 hours without food, the Autophagy, the waste in the cells will be disposed of or recycled. Ideal interval is fasting, because you can do it to the life-style and it remains so no Episode. About the same efficiently as the fast of a spermidine-rich diet is as seen. Because the cell-rejuvenating substance is included, fortunately, in food.
In what?
A good source of legumes, for example beans, peas, soy. But also wheat germ, mushrooms, long matured cheese like Parmesan or Cheddar, and pine nuts contain a lot of Spermidine. Also recommended are Apples, grapes and Grapefruits. Finally, the substance is also abundant in Asian dishes such as Nätto. These are fermented soy beans for Europeans, but rather getting used to.
From animal protein such as meat and milk you recommend?
Against the ancient custom of the Sunday roast is nothing wrong with that. But today, people eat in the Western industrial countries, too often and too much meat. A high consumption of animal protein in middle age is according to several studies, is suspected to increase the risk of cancer. And of milk I rate, because it contains growth factors and Autophagy can inhibit. A phenomenon, by the way, the cheese is not observed: bacteria appear during the ripening process, these growth substances to reduce. to fast
from time to time, and to abstain from animal proteins, and cons of sports nutrition for muscle building but speaks?
With high-performance athletes is added to this diet, yet little studied. Until better data are available, I recommend you to animal proteins. For Amateur athletes, however, I don’t see any problems, if you cover fasting and protein needs for the most part from plant-based foods, such as lentils or soy.
In children and adolescents, it probably looks different again?
Correctly. Up to about 25 human beings need nutrients sufficient to grow. Children and young people should eat everything, including meat and milk. Fasting is not recommended for this age group.
Many adults fasting to lose weight?
this is not The main goal of fasting, but a welcome side effect.
* “of The young cells effect – How we can activate the power of Regeneration of our organism”, with numerous recipes, edition a.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 17.03.2019, 17:56 PM
