{"id":11046,"date":"2022-03-07T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:09:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T02:09:43","slug":"what-would-you-give-to-add-13-healthy-years-to-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=11046","title":{"rendered":"What Would You Give To Add 13 Healthy Years to Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"MorningOr a more appropriate question might be … what would you give up?\u00a0Because a couple of very simple changes to your diet could leave you with up to 13 healthy years of your life.<\/p>\n

These are extra years you could enjoy with your family, friends, kids and grandkids.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

To reach this conclusion, this study out of Oslo, Norway<\/a> did a very simple thing.\u00a0They ran a computer simulation that looked at known health risks based on age and what foods were eaten.\u00a0They found that some foods provided a large boost in Life Expectancy (LE), while other foods decreased it.<\/p>\n

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So What Do I Eat Then?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"MediterraneanBasically a Mediterranean style diet was the answer.<\/p>\n

The largest increase in LE was found from eating more legumes like chickpeas, lentils and beans.<\/p>\n

For example, if a 20-year-old boosted their daily intake from the typical zero legumes to having a one large bowl of lentil soup, they could expect to live nearly two-and-half-years longer, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

The other big LE booster came from consuming whole grain products like oats, whole grain rice, and nuts. Consuming more of these added 2 extra years of life, according to their modeling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you want to subtract years from your life, the researchers said red and processed meats would have that effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oddly, the very same dietary improvements had a greater effect on men’s estimated life expectancy than women’s. It’s not exactly clear why that would be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over and over the research confirms that eating a Mediterranean style diet, consisting of fruit, veg, beans, and grains, and leaning on fish and chicken as your meat sources creates the optimal conditions in your body for a long healthy life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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