Pavel Durov's diet: No sugar, no fast food, no red meat, no pills | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

Well, sugar is pretty easy because it's addictive. The more you consume sugar, the more you want it, the hungrier you get.

So if you want to stay efficient and healthy, why consume processed sugar? You'll just end up snacking all the time. Intermittent fasting, so say eating only within 6 hours and not eating for 18 hours every day also brings structure into your day and into your eating habits. So you don't crave sugar anymore because you know if you eat sugar and then you're unable to snack, you're just punishing yourself. I read a few books on longevity. I think something everybody agrees on is that sugar is harmful. No, I'm not militant about sugar. Like you can eat berries, fruit if you feel your body needs it, but it's not true to think it's necessary to consume sweet things. Not for children, not for adults. Red meat, I stopped eating it about 20 years ago because I just felt heavy every time I had it. So I guess it's individual. It's my metabolism, my digestive system isn't agreeing with this kind of food. So I normally eat seafood of all kinds and vegetables. This is the basic source of calories for me.