Fruits and Vegetables

Research reports says eating more fruits and vegetables and cereals may help people live longer and healthy. Healthy 60 year old person may gain an extra year on others of his age by sticking closely to a regime that includes plenty of vegetables, fruits and cereals then a moderate to high intake of fish and unsaturated fats means olive oil. Occasional consumption of dairy products and meat and moderate amount of alcohol , mostly wine, very few saturated fats are the other ingredients of a diet which has made numerous health claims in recent years.

To lose weight it is important to live a healthier life, a healthy life starts with healthy food and raw fruits and vegetables are the healthiest food. We recommend you start your weight loss program by having five fruits a day and focusing on feeling good.

A bit of exercise is also necessary. It is important to get some exercise every day especially if you are in a job where you sit down all day. A half-an-hour walk a day will do. Of course more exercise is always better but never feel bad if you can't get yourself to do it. If you just take that walk for at least half an hour each day you'll be fine. Stretching your muscles is also good, it makes you more conscious of your body.

The virtues are confirmed in a study of nearly 75000 people over 60 in nine European countries. The effect is greatest in Spain and Greece and absent in Germany and Netherlands and Itlay. But researchers say that the diet cannot be considered as Mediterranean. The researchers believe the results endorse a modified Mediterranean diet. The study was part of European project lookig mainly at cancer and nutrition. The scientists concluded that a diet resembling the Mediterranean one was associated with a lower overall death rate.