Calorie Restriction
Calorie
restriction, which is eating less than you normally do, can improve your vision and other health issues. Calorie restriction is a
conscious effort to eating less, first by eliminating all junk foods that give
you nothing but empty calories, making you fat. Then slowly focus on nutrients
that benefit your health. You can slowly and gradually change your taste buds.
Studies
have repeatedly shown that calorie restriction, which means eating
less, or less frequently, have long-term benefits in animals with respect to
extending their lifespan. That is, animals are given less food (about 40 to 50
reduction in calorie consumption). In humans, a 20 percent reduction (e.g.
reducing from 2,000 calories to 1, 500 calories a day is doable) may
benefit diabetes, arthritis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and nearly
all age-related degenerative diseases, including vision loss.
Likewise,
many eye disorders are due to aging; therefore, calorie restriction may hold
the answer to many age-related eye issues.
You can
accomplish calorie restriction by simply eating less gradually;
such as, fasting once a week; eating twice a day, instead of three times a day;
intermittent fasting, which is eating only after an 8-hour period of food
abstinence.
Calorie
restriction can effectively repair your DNA, increase your antioxidant defense
system, lower your blood pressure and inflammation (the underlying cause of
physical and joint pain), improve glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity.
In addition, calorie restriction is instrumental in boosting your brain health.
Don’t forget that your vision health is closely related to the neurons in your
brain.
Stephen Lau
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