Tech execs like Bryan Johnson and Sam Altman are optimizing their diets to dwell longer. This is what specialists say to eat to develop your lifespan, from pomegranates to crimson onions.

Pomegranates are excessive in Urolithin A, a compound that’s identified to enhance mitochondrial effectivity.Oli Scarff/Getty Photos

Some billionaires, like Elon Musk, go for a donut for breakfast and barbecue for dinner.

Others, like biotech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, methodically put together smoothies with compounds like creatine, spermidine, collagen peptides, and devour copious quantities of greens.

Tech billionaires clearly do not have comparable diets, and even objectives for his or her well being. Nonetheless, these like Johnson aren’t abiding by fastidious vitamin plans merely to remain wholesome — they’re aiming to dwell longer.

And although there is definitely an overlap between consuming for basic well being and consuming for longevity, Dr. Anant Vinjamoori, chief medical officer of longevity-focused healthcare firm Trendy Age, informed Insider there are additionally a number of key variations.

Thoughts your protein consumption

Vinjamoori suggests protein consumption for example.

“Protein is crucial for constructing and sustaining muscle mass, and having satisfactory muscle mass is essential for wholesome growing old.” On the similar time, Vinjamoori mentioned, “protein consumption can be identified to work towards among the useful, restorative pathways in our physique.”

That concept is corroborated by the work of Dan Buettner, who based the longevity model Blue Zones.

Buettner spent years learning the habits of these in what are known as “Blue Zones,” areas of the world the place folks are inclined to dwell to the age of 100.

Throughout all 5 Blue Zones — Loma Linda, California; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Sardinia, Italy; Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan — Buettner and his group discovered that folks devour much less protein (particularly animal protein) than the remainder of the world.

Go vegetarian or vegan

David Sinclair, a Harvard Medical College professor and longevity researcher, takes the argument towards animal protein one step additional, contending that one of the simplest ways to dwell longer is by dropping meat completely.

In an interview with The Information Mission Podcast final December, Sinclair mentioned that top animal protein diets might assist folks appear and feel nice, however solely within the brief time period.

“I am satisfied, and the info reveals it from inhabitants research, {that a} carnivorous weight-reduction plan isn’t a long life producing weight-reduction plan in the long term,” he mentioned.

A number of highly effective figures within the tech trade do not eat meat both. OpenAI’s Sam Altman is vegetarian whereas Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is vegan.

Breaking it all the way down to the mobile degree

Vinjamoori mentioned that it can be useful to consider consuming for longevity from the mobile degree.

“I begin with the query of what mobile processes I need to optimize, decide which compounds have been proven in analysis to optimize these processes, after which to search out meals which have excessive concentrations of these compounds,” he mentioned.

Insider got down to determine precisely which meals would optimize these processes, and finally, assist you dwell longer. Learn extra, under.