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Preston W. Estep III obtuvo su doctorado en genética en la Escuela de Medicina de Harvard, donde dirige el Departamento de Gerontología y funge como consultor para el Proyecto del Genoma Personal. Inventor de varios procesos de ingeniería genética, ha fundado numerosas organizaciones sin fines de lucro dedicadas al cultivo y enriquecimiento del pensamiento científico. Estep is the author of the 2016 book The Mindspan Diet, which proposes a concept called "mindspan" (a measure of overall health and mental longevity). Estep suggests that mindspan is superior to lifespan and other measures of health and longevity because a key parameter of mindspan is good mental function throughout life. |
The Mindspan Diet presents a contrast between the longest lived people with high mental function ("the Mindspan Elite") and a second group of people from throughout the world who have good healthcare but shorter lives and the highest levels of cognitive decline ("the Mindspan Risk"). The book suggests that diet is a key difference and contrasts key dietary components and "biomarkers" (such as body weight and temperature, blood insulin and glucose, cholesterol, etc.) between Mindspan Elite and Mindspan Risk. The book concludes that a key difference between Mindspan Elite and Mindspan Risk is dietary iron, and the amount of iron in the bodies and brains of Mindspan Elite (low iron) and Mindspan Risk (high iron). A key finding of the book that is at odds with current dietary recommendations regards certain refined carbohydrate (carbs) foods. The book presents evidence that the base of the dietary pyramids of the Mindspan Elite is refined carbs in the form of white rice (mindspan leader Japan), and refined wheat pasta and bread (Mediterranean). Estep says that these foods in Mindspan Elite countries and regions are not enriched with iron, while equivalent foods in Mindspan Risk countries and regions are enriched with iron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Estep |
Mente joven. Maximiza y conserva tu memoria y expande la vida de tu mente |
Preston W. Estep III |
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