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Look out for apples with dark red skin. The redder the apple, the more vital anthocvanins it contains – these anti-oxidants help keep your skin and arteries strong. Avoid bruised fruit, as the brown shade of the flesh indicates antioxidants have been destroyed in that area.
Goodness of Guava
Guava. It’s high in fibre and also has a higher concentration of lycopene – an antioxidant that fights prostate cancer – than any other plant food. Eat the rind, too: it contains more vitamin C than the flesh of an entire orange.
Happy and old? Talk a lot but don’t gossip
How to have a healthy retirement: The key could be to talk a lot but not to gossip and criticise others. A study of 250 centenarians published in the journal Ageing, found they tended to be optimistic and expressed emotions freely by talking openly to friends and family. However, they ‘suppressed the urge to talk ill of others,’ said researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. - Courtesy Daily Mail
Fish oils ‘help slow age decline’
Moderate exercise, and a regular intake of oily fish fatty acids, keeps elderly immobility at bay, a study suggests.
Findings of a recent trial show that women aged over 65 who received omega-3 fatty acids gained almost twice as much muscle strength following exercise than those taking olive oil.
A larger trial is planned to confirm these findings and to determine why muscle condition improves. The findings are being presented at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen. Some studies have linked diets high in omega-3 – commonly found in oily fish such as mackerel and sardines – to potential health benefits, such as a lower risk of coronary heart disease. During healthy ageing, muscle size is reduced by 0.5-2% per year. This process – known as sarcopenia – can result in frailty and immobility in old people.
- Courtesy BBC
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