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The government has just announced that it wants to hand out daily doses of omega-3 fish oil to primary schoolchildren. But it's not just kids who can benefit from more of the right nutrition. At every stage in your life, there are foods that can safeguard your health Report Elizabeth Wilson Illustrations Sean Simms
Every day, evidence grows that with a little nutritional know- how, you can age-proof your body against disease. And the earlier you begin, the better.See the full content of this document
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Superfoods Every for Age
'Eating healthily will help protect you against disease at whatever age you start,' says Dr Toni Steer of the Medical Research Council's Human Nutrition Research Unit, 'but those who begin young will enjoy cumulative effects.' The big daddy of the medicinal larder is, of course, the green (and yellow, red and purple) stuff: eating a minimum of five different servings of vegetables and fruit daily is one of the single best things you can do for your health at any age. And it's not just the vital vitamins they supply that are important. There's some evidence, says Dr Steer, that they create an environment in the body th...
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