Chiara Manzi

The nutritionist who taught how to live long in good health while enjoying the classics of Italian tradition every day

20 years of Culinary Medicine and Longevity Nutrition

10

books

University Lecturer

800,000+

followers

17 years of Antiaging Culinary Medicine

30000+

clients

35,000+

readers

600,000+

followers

Dr. (female)

My Story

At 20 years old, I discovered I had cholesterol at 300 and a thyroid that wasn’t functioning. I graduated in Human Nutrition and endured the torment of diets for 15 years. No sweets, cheese, fried foods, carbonara, pizza. The weight increased along with the stress. In 2007, I started working on the Cucina Evolution Method: a scientific approach to reformulate recipes and make them healthy and anti-aging. I collaborated with Gualtiero Marchesi and Massimo Bottura, founded the first European academy of Culinary Medicine, opened the first Longevity Restaurant, wrote 10 books, and today I am a university professor and a face on Rai and Mediaset.

1994

I graduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Navarra (Spain)

2010

I study Antiaging Nutrition at Tufts University in Boston and teach it at the University of Tor Vergata

2012

I founded the academy with my husband Danilo Pertosa

2016

I start teaching Culinary Medicine at the University of Ferrara

2017

I am awarded the Oscar for Health in the field of Nutrition and UNESCO invites me to speak about the pizza of longevity

2018

Together with my husband, I am opening the first Longevity Restaurant in Italy

2022

I receive the award at the IUNS in Tokyo for my contribution to scientific research

2023

My column starts on Rai2

2025

My tenth book Medicina Culinaria is published by Zanichelli and I hold the first Culinary Medicine symposium at the IUNS congress

2026

The Cucina Evolution academy becomes a University Technology Hub

In the library of the best Longevity Food Lovers

Books that you must have in your home

The best way to spread a gourmet and anti-aging lifestyle is to create culture by telling and explaining in a simple and accessible way to everyone what I have discovered and studied. I will never stop learning, and you will do so with me by reading what I write.
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Cucina Evolution

Why give up the most delicious dishes of our tradition to stay in shape when, by following some practical tips based on the latest scientific research, it is possible to transform them into elixirs of long life?

The Science of Antiaging Leavened Products

The world's first book for making anti-aging bread and pizza, also gluten-free, rich in antioxidants and prebiotic fibers, with reduced calories and glycemic index.

Acrylamide: the taboo carcinogen

Reveal what process carcinogens are and specifically Acrylamide, in which foods it forms during cooking and in which it does not, the doses not to be exceeded, and solutions for industries and home cooking with recipes and video courses.

Anti-aging with Taste

It contains the basics of Antiaging nutrition, illustrates research on antioxidants, and explains for the first time how fibers provide a discount on calories.

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