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Saturday, October 21, 2017

Eating well in your 30s keeps you fit in your 60s

Eating a Mediterranean diet in your 30s, 40s and 50s will prime your body to be fit and mobile in old age, a study has found.

Researchers looked at the diets of 969 British men and women whose lifestyles had been monitored since they were born in March 1946.

At four points in their adult lives, starting at the age of 36, their eating habits were compared with standard measures of mobility and fitness when they were in their 60s.

People who ate more fruit, vegetables and wholegrain cereals - akin to the Mediterranean diet - fared far better in physical tests than those who ate highly processed foods - as one would on a Western diet.

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1 comment:

  1. Snowflakes are screwed since they still live at home in their 30's!

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