Harvard study finds there isn’t a ‘perfect diet’ for healthy aging

A study recently published in the journal “Neurology” provides information about the impact that excessive consumption of a certain type of meat can have on general health, but in particular on the brain. A team of specialists from the nutrition department of Harvard T.H. worked on the research. Chan School of Public Health, which analyzed 133,000 people with an average age of 49. The type of meat that ages the brainFrom the data, updated every …

Harvard study finds there isn’t a ‘perfect diet’ for healthy aging

All eight dietary patterns studied were associated with healthy aging, suggesting that there is no "one-size-fits-all" healthy diet.

What to eat to be one of the healthy elite at 70

Eating well in midlife could affect how healthy you are in your seventies. This is according to a study published this week in which researchers outlined dietary habits that will help adults to reach older age without chronic disease. Forget fancy supplements, superfoods and fasting, say the team from the Harvard TH Chan School of [...]

A Harvard doctor explains how skipping regular brushing of your teeth can lead to three different pathways leading to a heart attack.

This is the main conclusion of a study, carried out by the universities of Harvard (United States), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Montreal (Canada) and based on follow-up for more than thirty years of more than 105,000 middle-aged adults.The study, one of the first to examine dietary patterns in relation to healthy aging, points out that there is no single healthy diet for all but optimal types of nutrition for health.The study, whose results have be…