The Longevity Diet: Notes From The Book

Dan Pedersen
Personal Growth
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3 min readFeb 28

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Here are some key things I learned from Dr. Valter Longo’s book, The Longevity Diet

  • Aging is the main risk factor for many diseases. And the risk increases exponentially the older we get. Another major factor is genetics. For example, having just one parent who lives past age 87 reduces your chances of getting cancer by 24%. And sons of people who live to 100 or longer are 50% less likely to…

Dan Pedersen
Personal Growth

Writing mostly to myself. Sharing some of it with you. Hope it helps.