Ageing and diet: In a study one food plan actually appears to provide some unique benefits
Ageing and diet: In a study one food plan actually appears to provide some unique benefits
A new 30-year study of eight popular diets has identified the one most likely to keep you healthiest into your 70s and beyond.
The Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) diet was found to offer slightly greater health benefits than the Planetary Health Diet Index, Mediterranean diet, healthful plant-based diet and others.
The AHEI diet prioritises higher intakes of vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts. Some meat, fish and dairy are allowed, but other foods are limited, including sugar-sweetened drinks, red and processed meats, salt and trans fats.
In this study, nutrition scientists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Montreal analysed data from more than 105,000 middle-aged nurses and health professionals.
…
“This study is on healthy ageing – because it’s not only about living longer, but being able to live longer with better health,” said [Marta Guasch-Ferré]. “We are focusing not only on lifespan, but health span.
“Everyone wants to live longer, but also stay independent in physical function, cognition, and emotional and mental state. I think that’s why this research is important.”
This is an excerpt. Read the original post here
 | Videos | More... |
Video: Nuclear energy will destroy us? Global warming is an existential threat? Chemicals are massacring bees? Donate to the Green Industrial Complex!
 | Bees & Pollinators | More... |
GLP podcast: Science journalism is a mess. Here’s how to fix it
Mosquito massacre: Can we safely tackle malaria with a CRISPR gene drive?
Are we facing an ‘Insect Apocalypse’ caused by ‘intensive, industrial’ farming and agricultural chemicals? The media say yes; Science says ‘no’
 | Infographics | More... |
Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer
 | GMO FAQs | More... |
Why is there controversy over GMO foods but not GMO drugs?
How are GMOs labeled around the world?
How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?
 | GLP Profiles | More... |
Alex Jones: Right-wing conspiracy theorist stokes fear of GMOs, pesticides to sell ‘health supplements’
A single high dose of LSD can ease anxiety and depression for months
From plastic coasters to human hearts: Inside the race to print the human body
Baby food panic, brought to you by trial lawyers hoping to prosecute by press release
CRISPR pork: U.S. approves first gene-edited pigs for consumption
‘SuperAgers’: Why some people have the brains and memory capacity of people decades younger 
Viewpoint: Life and death decisions: RFK, Jr.’s shady FDA “expert panels” operate in secret with no transcripts or conflict of interest reviews
From ‘Frankenfood’ to superfood: Can the purple tomato overcome GMO myths to win over consumers?
When farmers deny science: The hypocrisy hurting agriculture’s credibility
