EAT WELL FOR INCREASED HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
This is much more confusing than physical activity although everyone agrees that obesity is a major risk factor not only for Covid Everyone is now agreed that increased physical activity is good and the message is simple , try to be active and be brisk enough to feel a little breathless, the more minutes the better, but advice on diet comes from every quarter, with new theories announced almost every week. there is however a fairly simple message that almost everyone agrees to be sensible - the mediterranean diet.
There is a growing consensus that what is commonly known as the Mediterranean diet ticks all the boxes of essential nutrients. Few people would argue that people who live in Spain or Italy eat a miserable diet so aim to eat more
There is a move now to relate these findings to a new approach which goes further than the Mediterranean diet and is called the MIND diet, with MIND standing for Mediterranean-DASH-dietIntervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.” Scientists developed it by combining features from those healthy dietary patterns—the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)—and incorporating specific dietary strategies shown to support brain health, for example For example, it calls for at least six servings a week of leafy green vegetables and at least two servings a week of strawberries or blueberries
You can read a clear summary of the scientific evidence and some excellent recipes in our book Sod It! Eat Well
This is much more confusing than physical activity although everyone agrees that obesity is a major risk factor not only for Covid Everyone is now agreed that increased physical activity is good and the message is simple , try to be active and be brisk enough to feel a little breathless, the more minutes the better, but advice on diet comes from every quarter, with new theories announced almost every week. there is however a fairly simple message that almost everyone agrees to be sensible - the mediterranean diet.
There is a growing consensus that what is commonly known as the Mediterranean diet ticks all the boxes of essential nutrients. Few people would argue that people who live in Spain or Italy eat a miserable diet so aim to eat more
- Fruit and vegetables, why not seven a day rather than five?
- Protein from plants rather than animals for example from nuts, peas, lentils and chickpeas.
- Fish, especially fatty fish like tuna and mackerel
- Chicken
- From red meat to white
- From animal fats to olive oil
- Biscuits
- Cookies
- Sweets
- Chocolate
There is a move now to relate these findings to a new approach which goes further than the Mediterranean diet and is called the MIND diet, with MIND standing for Mediterranean-DASH-dietIntervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.” Scientists developed it by combining features from those healthy dietary patterns—the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)—and incorporating specific dietary strategies shown to support brain health, for example For example, it calls for at least six servings a week of leafy green vegetables and at least two servings a week of strawberries or blueberries
You can read a clear summary of the scientific evidence and some excellent recipes in our book Sod It! Eat Well