Foods For Long Life

08/29/2025

My favorite nut ❤️

One of the largest interventional dietary trials ever performed—the PREDIMED study—followed more than 7,000 people at high risk for cardiovascular disease. They were randomized into different diet groups, and one group received a free half pound of nuts each week for four years. Compared with other two groups, the added-nuts group appeared to cut their stroke risk in half. Regardless of which group participants were assigned to, those who consumed more nuts overall had a significantly lower risk of dying prematurely.

Walnuts may improve artery function, specifically the ability of our arteries to relax and open normally. This is important for heart disease prevention.

Additionally, people who ate more than three servings of walnuts per week appeared to slash their risk of dying from cancer in half.

Unless you have a nut allergy, try making walnuts a regular part of your day. Add walnuts to salads, oatmeal bowls, smoothies, pesto, and even homemade bean burgers like our Lentil–Walnut Burgers. see.nf/lentil-walnut-burgers

Watch the video “PREDIMED: Does Eating Nuts Prevent Strokes?” at https://bit.ly/2QtIk0v and “Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life?” at https://bit.ly/3kMxyzj to learn more.
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04/18/2025

An inspirational article to anyone trying to live a healthier life!

  After years of struggling with his weight and experiencing tremendous stress while running his own music management company in Los Angeles, Ethan

10/01/2024

Beans are a healthy and affordable source of protein! We eat a cup of beans every day, either as hummus, bean chili, black bean soup, pasta made from beans or peas, bean burritos or just on top of brown rice or other whole grain with some greens. Try baked beans on top of a sweet potato for an easy dinner.

Where do you get your protein? 🤔

07/16/2024

Today's healthy waffle:
Mix 1 egg, 1 T avocado oil, 1 cup water.
Add 1/2 cup Bob's Red mill 7 grain pancake mix and 1/2 cup buckwheat pancake mix plus a scoop of collagen powder and a teaspoon matcha green tea.
Cook waffle.
Cover with your favorite nut butter, sliced banana or mango or berries.
Sprinkle with your favorite seeds.
Enjoy!

05/01/2024

Contrary to popular belief, all cavemen did not eat a meat heavy diet.

A long-held stereotype is that ancient humans were big on meat. A new study of one hunter-gatherer population reveals a different sort of menu.

04/27/2024

Excellent and important documentary on gut health and how your microbiome can affect weight loss, depression, anxiety and every aspect of your health. It's well done and even fun to watch.

Delve into the digestive system with this lighthearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall well-being.

02/11/2024

Here's an old favorite for Super Bowl Sunday!
http://foodsforlonglife.blogspot.com/2012/02/healthy-vegan-and-gluten-free-7-layer.html

Substitute the red onion in the guacamole with 1/2 clove of pressed garlic. I think you'll like that better!

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12/30/2023

Have a black-eyed pea macro bowl for New Year's Day!

Eat Black Eyed Peas on New Year's Day for good luck! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . My Annual Black-Eyed Pea Re...

12/02/2023

Boost the nutrition in your waffles by adding savory veggies. Here I started with King Arthurs Gluten Free pancake mix. After preparing it for waffles, I added grated sweet potato, cooked and chopped Lions Mane mushrooms and steamed kale. The combinations are endless!

11/28/2023

When you buy a bunch of parsley at the grocery store and you only need to use a small amount of it for a recipe that requires fresh parsley, cut up the rest of it and place it on a plate. Over the next few days, just fluff it up with your hands a few times a day as it dries. When it's completely dry, put it in a small jar and keep it for future recipes that can use dried parsley like soups, pasta sauce, and more. You can also do this for thyme, rosemary and basil. Unfortunately cilantro doesn't maintain its flavor as a dried spice.

11/17/2023

I try to eat lots of plants each day but I also make sure I eat a wide variety of them too. This salad contains ingredients from 14 different plants. Try counting up the number of plants you eat each day!

Ingredients: lettuce, arugula, endive, avocado, tomato, komocha squash, red onion, pomegranate, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, black pepper, lime juice, extra virgin olive oil.

10/31/2023

Excellent list of foods you should consume often not just for cancer prevention, but for overall health!

Key Takeaways: The best diet for cancer-prevention is a plant-based eating pattern. No single food can prevent cure or treat cancer, so the pattern matters more than any single food. Top 10 cancer prevention foods to include in a plant-based diet include leafy greens, beans, nuts and whole grain, pl...