102-year-old nutrition professor shares secrets to prevent heart disease and live longer

102-year-old professor shares some things to avoid to prevent heart disease and live longer

102-year-old nutrition professor John Scharffenberg shares principles for a long life. (Source: Daily Mail)

John Scharffenberg, a nutrition professor at Loma Linda University in California, is 102 years old and still healthy and sharp, driving his own car and traveling around the world . With many years of research on nutrition, he is a role model and expert on longevity and overall health.

Avoid tobacco

He cited the dangers of tobacco, outlined in the 1964 Surgeon General's Bulletin. Tobacco users typically do not live long enough to develop Alzheimer's disease, illustrating the serious threat associated with chronic tobacco use, Professor Scharffenberg said.

Avoid alcohol

Alcohol is another risk factor for death, the professor said, and women in particular should be aware of it because it increases the risk of breast cancer.

Clinicians used to say that men drinking two drinks a day and women drinking one drink a day were probably safe, Scharffenberg said.

However, Max Griswold, a doctor from the University of Washington (USA), conducted a large study with participants from 195 countries around the world and found that not drinking alcohol is the safest option.

Avoid a sedentary lifestyle

We all need to exercise every day, says Scharffenberg. He says he outlived his two brothers by more than a decade because of regular exercise.

Being overweight increases the risk of death from almost every disease, the professor explained. However, even if you are obese, daily exercise can help you live longer than a person of normal weight who does not exercise.

Furthermore, a person who smokes and has high blood pressure but exercises daily may live longer than someone who does not have these problems but does not exercise.

Professor Scharffenberg also said that the most important time to exercise is in middle age, from 40 to 70. He did not specify the exact reason but said that people at this age often accumulate more wealth, start to relax and eat more, which is contradicted to his recommendations.

Avoid eating too much meat

Eating too much meat can increase your risk of heart disease, says Professor Scharffenberg. To cut meat out of your diet, he recommends following a vegetarian diet.

He added that leading scientists advised the US government in 2015 that a vegetarian diet was the optimal diet to reduce the risk of age-related diseases. However, when this information reached leaders at the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health , they thought the idea was too extreme.

Limit saturated fatty acids intake

We get a lot of saturated fat from animal fats found in beef, pork, and poultry. Eliminating animal fat intake can help lower high blood pressure and high cholesterol, says Scharffenberg. Following a vegetarian diet is the best way to avoid the risks associated with consuming animal fats.

We can reduce our risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes by about 80% if we cut these lifestyle risk factors, says Professor Scharffenberg. We can reduce our risk of these age-related health problems without any drugs, he stresses.

Avoid eating too much sugar

Sugar consumption is strongly linked to heart disease risk, Scharfenberg noted. He also said sugar can significantly increase cholesterol and blood fats (triglycerides).

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