Eugenio Baeza discusses the Mediterranean diet and how specific eating habits like protein intake and meal timing can extend your lifespan. He shares personal stories about his food choices and daily routines for staying healthy.
How do you eat? I basically eat a Mediterranean diet. I try to have one and a half grams of protein per pound of weight. Uh, I basically eat a lot of meat. Yeah. And it also says that I shouldn't eat red meat more than two days a week. But, man, that's another story. I like turkey more than chicken, so. Turkey. Ah, I struggle with fish. I suffer with fish. I had a great uncle, and then one day my cholesterol got high and he would sometimes invite me to eat with him on Saturdays. And he would have two shots of tequila, a beer and a cut of beef, right? And he was 85 years old. So I would go to eat with him and we would talk. And one day I said, hey, man, the doctor says that I shouldn't eat meat, that I'm going to eat fish, but the truth is that I don't like fish at all. And he said to me, well, how could he like fish? He told me, you were born in a place where there's no drinking water. Well, now I understand why I don't like fish, right? But hey, it's protein link. Protein. Eggs. I can't eat six eggs, something like that, but three boiled eggs and two egg whites and spinach, all that stuff. Ah, for lunch, well, vegetables and stuff and protein. And in the afternoon, basically a protein shake or a sandwich, but with 200 grams of ham. You have dinner at 7 in the evening. That's it. No more, no more from then on. Right. And you have breakfast at what time? Breakfast is like nine. I mean, if you do your 14 hours of fasting. Yes, yes, yes, yes. But I get up at 5. I sleep very little. That's when you're talking on the phone. It's the five o' clock club. You wake up at five and what do you do? I wake up at five and, well, I wash my face, all that stuff, right? I put on my sneakers and stuff. Uh, I don't drink coffee anymore because it gives me heartburn. I've drunk coffee my whole life. Uh, in a pot a day or more. Uh, now I drink green tea. So I get up, I drink the 750ml of water with M. Usually.
