Personal hygiene, vaccines and medical advances have made it possible to extend life expectancy by many years. You actually live longer than a few decades ago, but does the extra number of years also reflect the quality of life?





How to live well and longer? As we get older, our body's ability to recover from the attacks that result from exposure to external and / or internal harmful agents decreases. This is why nutrition and weight maintenance within reasonable limits become a central node for the prevention of common diseases, cancers of the digestive tract, cardiovascular diseases, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, which are the ones that ruin the holiday of 'aging.



The investigation


Some promising evidence emerged from the program from all participants:


1. Stable weight loss (participants' average BMI dropped from 26.3 to 24.4)

2. Decrease in waist circumference (from 90.8 cm to 85.3 cm)

3. Improvement of blood sugar, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides values

4. Better management of nervous hunger and compulsive excesses



Tips for living well



1. Beware of simple and refined sugars. Sugar is often hidden in "unsuspected" foods such as soy sauce or sandwich bread


2. Eat less, following the sense of hunger, learning to distinguish real hunger from nervous hunger


3. Beware of industrial preparations that contain substances from which our body is not prepared to defend itself, such as thickeners, colors or artificial flavors


4. Increase the variety of fruit and vegetables. Only by diversifying the type of food can we take all the vitamins and minerals we need, in the right quantities, without having to spend on supplements


5. Choose whole grain products. The natural fiber of whole grains, legumes, fruit and vegetables plays a very important role in a healthy diet.