Stay fresh

IN this EU year of Active Ageing, we need to look at what we can build into our diet to make sure we get optimum nutrition from our food.

Ageing well involves first eating food that doesn’t harm us and then to eat what does us good. Avoiding processed food is high on the list of preventing harm so that food is fresh and full of energy-giving vitality. Foods that are highly processed lose nutrients, with flavours, often sugar and salt, added to make them taste better.

Chemicals are added to provide long shelf life — providing a cocktail that the industry loves, but our bodies don’t. Instead, spending money on a diet rich in Omega fatty acids is much more beneficial and essential to maintain healthy brain function, reducing inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and colitis, as well as prevention of coronary heart disease.