Fasting Diet and Autophagy: Should We Consider How We Eat and When We Eat For Healthier and Longer Life?

A previous review on obesity reveals that there is no country globally has been significantly success in lowering obesity, that is one of the risk factors for NCDs. NCDs were responsible for 71% the world's deaths, in which about one-third of these deaths were among productive age. Hundreds of diets were promoted to reduce obesity and NCDs rates but focus mainly on types of food, amount of food to be consumed, as well as physical activity. Most of country's dietary guidelines in the world are also still focus on that suggestions. Current evidence showed that to be healthier and longer life is required an increase in authophagy, and a decrease in each of the four ageing factors - DNA damage, glycation, telomeres shortening and free radical activity. Each of the four ageing factors is affected not only by what types of food we eat, how much the food we eat, and how we move, but also affected by how we consume, when we consume, and how we sleep, think and feel. It is the time now to consider to include strategies and messages on how we consume and when we consume in the promotion of diets for controlling adults obesity and NCDs in appropriate manner, as well as in the future dietary guidelines.