Posted on 03/29/2025 5:15:58 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Would you add a few more vegetables and whole grains to your diet in return for a healthy old age? A new study has broken down in detail the food groups that increase the likelihood of healthy aging – and identified the best diet overall.
For the purposes of the study, researchers led by a team from Harvard University defined healthy aging as reaching 70 without any chronic diseases – and still being in good shape mentally and physically.
The analysis showed that the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) came top of eight healthy dietary patterns studied: developed by Harvard, the AHEI prioritizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and healthy fats.
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Less outdoors, less sunshine, less vitamin D would be my guess.
“Keto, plant-based, low carb, include grains...“
NOPE! Keto, paleo, Atkins…do NOT include grains…nor beer for that matter.
I suspect the same.
But I noticed that trend when I was a teen, as well, surprisingly. I’ve always had trouble with eczema and noticed even in my pretty oblivious teen days that my skin cleared up during the summer.
Whipple procedure
Oh, my. I have a family friends who had that procedure done when it was a fairly new procedure. I am so sorry you had to experience that.
She is still pretty young. She helped care for my father when he was in his 90’s. (several of her sisters helped him)
Bookmarked.
I purchased “Eat Your Age” recently, but have not read it yet.
Bkmk
Do you mean sedentary?
Are you sure it's Italian? Around here, most "Italian" pizzerias are run by Mexicans.
Do they drip sweat in it?
I think the poster was listing different diets and advice, and not implying the first 3 include grains.
The point seemed to be that’s it’s confusing to identify an optimal or health- oriented diet. It’s interesting reading the different approaches on this thread. Some things not mentioned:
Too much linoleic acid, an omega-6 in plant-based seed oils is VERY unhealthy.
Sunshine is good. If you’ve gotten seed oils out of your standard diet sun burns are rare.
My nutritionalist advised 120g of protein a day, saying protein digestion is less efficient for people over 60-70. I require 2400+ calories per day, so that’s 20% of calories.
Occasional fasting or at least the Fasting Mimicking Diet is healthy, giving the body an opportunity to cleanse itself through apoptosis and autophagy.
“Now the month isn’t over and we have yet another high-profile publication from the nutritional epidemiologists of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). This time they’re suggesting that the closer we comply to one of 8 “healthy dietary patterns” the healthier we’ll be and the longer we’ll live.
So what constitutes a “healthy dietary pattern,” let alone the “optimal dietary patterns for healthy eating” per the title of the paper? Answering that question correctly is effectively the goal of all this nutrition research: what foods should we eat to maximize our health? What foods should we avoid?
The HSPH epidemiologists define all 8 dietary patterns as healthy if they are rich “in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats, nuts and legumes,” and low “in trans fats, sodium, and red and processed meat.” Avoiding ultra-processed foods and sugary beverages are assumed implicitly, but it’s the more-plants-less-meat criteria that are stated explicitly. This aligns with the Harvard mantra since the 1990s (as discussed in previous posts). Once again we have an HSPH study that recapitulates conventional wisdom: healthy people in their epidemiological studies mostly eat the foods they’ve been told are good for them and avoid the foods they’ve been told are not.
What we don’t know, of course, is whether they’re healthy because of these food choices and whether they might be healthier still if they chose their food by different criteria. What if, for instance, they chose a dietary pattern on the basis of whether or not it could demonstrably make unhealthy people healthy?"
We take “perfect aminos” use a protein bar (IQ) and eat venison sticks. With all that we get close to protein intake level needed, but it is a chore. Oh, and we do HIIT 3x a week. (We are over 70) Will look into HMB. Thanks.
Thx...how much sugar in shakes is a concern. We eat 2 meals a day...and get full easily. Was using Orgain, but some ingredients we question. Will look at your shake recommendation. Thanks.
Premier Protein has only 1g of sugar per shake. With 30g of daily protein which is 60% of daily recommended. As I mentioned, the Premier with Immune Support also has about 25% to 40% of daily recommended vitamins. I was told at Hospital to drink these after my 4 way bypass heart surgery for my recuperating. I’m still drinking one a day 6 months later. They can be blended into smoothies, poured over ice, or just drink straight. I like them very cold and just drink one down every morning with my medicine. They have a lot of flavors, Choc, Vanilla, Strawberry, Caramel, Latte, Cookies and Cream. My wife has used the Vanilla in her coffee. Shake well.
https://www.premierprotein.com/products/vanilla-protein-shake
I buy these in the little carton in 12 packs for $29.99 at Kroger, (the bottles are hard to open for me so I like the carton style), sometimes it’s on sale. I forgot to mention that it also has Vitamin K which most of us don’t get nearly enough of unless we eat broccoli and spinach everyday. I stuck with vanilla but the Chocolate and Strawberry are good too. Haven’t tried the other flavors.
Hhmmm...Thanks...has some ingredients we avoid, plus not organic...
Yeah...we are picky.
Water, Premier Protein® Shake Protein Blend (Milk Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate, Whey Protein Concentrate), Cocoa Powder (processed with alkali), Contains 1% or less of the following: High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Inulin, Cellulose Gel and Cellulose Gum, Magnesium Phosphate, DATEM, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Carrageenan, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (Sodium Ascorbate [Vitamin C], dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate [Vitamin E], Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Biotin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Niacinamide, Potassium Iodide, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Chromium Chloride, Cyanocobalamin [Vitamin B12], Phytonadione [Vitamin K], Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Cholecalciferol [Vitamin D3], Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vitamin B6], Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2]), Ferric Orthophosphate, Manganese Sulfate, Tripotassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium
They always say keep it balanced. You were trying at least.
Whipple is pretty old, but much better refined now. Every one is a custom procedure dependent on what is encountered.
It is a chore. Amazon stocks HMB as capsules or powder.
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