AREQUIPA, Peru – A study released in Washington, United States, shows that maintaining a healthy diet from the age of 40 can increase the chances of developing a stroke by up to 84%. a healthy old age.
Based on data collected over more than 30 years, the study led by academics from Harvard University in the United States, found that maintaining a healthy diet from the age of 40 helps people age healthily and maintain good physical, cognitive and mental health until age 70 or older.
The research was presented at Nutrition 2024, the American Society of Nutrition’s annual meeting in Chicago, and was also published in the media Nutrition Insights.
The authors highlight the close relationship between diet in middle age and healthy aging, based on data from more than 100,000 people over 30 years, those who followed a healthy diet from age 40 were between 43 and 84% more likely to function well physically and mentally when they reached age 70.
The study points out that people who followed healthy dietary guidelines in middle age, especially in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and healthy fats, were much more likely to age healthily.
All of which suggests that what you eat in middle age may play a major role in how to agenoted Anne-Julie Tessier, a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health.
In terms of food, the researchers found that higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats, nuts, legumes and low-fat dairy products was associated with a greater likelihood of healthy aging, while higher consumption of trans fats, sodium, red meat and processed meat was associated with a lower likelihood of healthy aging.
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