The adoption of healthy eating habits during median age increases the probability of healthy aging.
According to a new study by the Harvard TC Chan School of Public Health, which found that a “moderate intake of healthy foods based on animals” and a “lower intake of ultraprocessed food” could increase the possibilities of reaching 70 years with good “cognitive, physical and mental health” without important diseases.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Montreal also contributed to the study, which was published in the journal Nature Medicine.
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“Studies have previously investigated dietary patterns in the context of specific diseases or how long people live. Ours has a multifaceted vision, asking, how does the diet impact people’s ability to live independently and enjoy a good quality of life as they age?” Said co-corresponding author Frank Hu, Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology and President of the Harvard Chan School Nutrition Department, in a Harvard press release.
The adoption of healthy eating habits during medium age increases the probability of healthy aging, according to a new study. (Istock)
The researchers analyzed diet and health data for more than 105,000 women and men from 39 to 69 years for a period of 30 years, extracted from the health study of nurses and the follow -up study of health professionals.
According to the self -informed diets of the participants, they were given scores for eight different healthy eating plans depending on their intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats, nuts and legumes, as well as some foods based on healthy animals, including fish and certain dairy products, the release declared.
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They also investigated the consumption of ultraprocessed foods from participants containing added sugars, sodium and unhealthy fats.
The diet with the greatest benefits for healthy aging was the alternative index of healthy eating (AHEI), the researchers found, which was linked to an 86% higher probability of healthy aging at 70 years.
The diet with the greatest benefits for healthy aging was the alternative index of healthy eating (AHEI), which was linked to an 86% greater probability of healthy aging at 70 years. (Istock)
This diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes and healthy fats, with limited amounts of red and processed meats, sugary drinks, sodium and refined grains, according to release.
Participants who ate more processed foods were less likely to healthy aging, with processed meat and sugary drinks or diets named as the greatest guilty.
“There is no unique diet for all. Healthy diets can be adapted to adapt to individual needs and preferences.”
“Our findings suggest that dietary patterns rich in plant-based foods, with a moderate inclusion of health Nutrition of Nutrition by Harvard School, in Liberation.
“Our findings suggest that dietary patterns rich in plant -based foods, with a moderate inclusion of animal health -based foods, can promote general healthy aging and help shape future dietary patterns,” the researchers said. (Istock)
“Our findings also show that there is no unique diet for all. Healthy diets can be adapted to adapt to individual needs and preferences,” added the main author Anne-Julie Tessier, an assistant professor at the Nutrition Department at the University of Montreal and researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute.
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Sherry Coleman Collins, a dietitian of food allergy and expert from the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, did not participate in the study, but reviewed the findings.
“These data help emphasize the importance of how we eat throughout life, particularly in medium age, in our ability to stay healthy and strong in our golden years,” Digital’s Fox News told Fox.
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“Since most medical care dollars are spent at the end of our life, this has enormous implications in the potential to save money on expensive interventions, as well as improve the quality of life throughout life.”
Collins said that most of the beneficial diets in the study were mainly based on plants.
Participants who ate more processed foods were less likely to healthy aging, with processed meat and sugary drinks or diets named as the greatest guilty. (Istock)
“Not all are vegetarians or vegan, but all include a feeding pattern composed mainly of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, foods rich in unsaturated fats, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds.”
She agreed, however, that there is no unique diet for everyone, and that people can be healthy when eating many different types of diets.
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“The most promoted health diets exclude or only include small amounts of ultraprocessed foods high of fat, high, high salt,” he said.
The study had some limitations, researchers recognized, mainly that it was limited only to health professionals.
Some of the beneficial diets included healthy foods based on animals, including fish and certain dairy products. (Istock)
More studies are needed to confirm the findings with more diverse populations, they said.
The health study of nurses and the follow -up study of health professionals were supported by the National Health Institutes (NIH).
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Another support was received from the Postdoctoral Scholarship Award of Canadian Health Research Institutes, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Center for the Advance of Translation Sciences, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Renal Diseases, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the statement declared.
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