British Nutrition Foundation publishes food guide to protecting the body
[I found this interesting article in telegraph.co.uk. Read this and post comments if you like: Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4225446/British-Nutrition-Foundation-publishes-food-guide-to-protecting-the-body.html] A guide to which foods help protect different parts of the body is due to be published today by the British Nutrition Foundation. The Healthy Ageing report explains how to protect the eyes, brain, bones and heart and stave off diseases including diabetes and cancer in later life by eating the right diet. The experts who compiled it, from universities including Oxford, Surrey and Newcastle, over a period of three years, believe that if everyone were to follow the advice - which also recommends stopping smoking and taking more exercise - Britain's ageing population will be markedly more free of illness in later life. Britons now live an average of a decade longer than they did in 1959 to around 80 years old now. The expe...