According to a Study, There Are 8 Eating Styles That Lengthen Your Life

"There is no one-size-fits-all diet. Healthy eating styles can be tailored to meet individual needs and preferences," explained Anne-Julie Tessier, author of a study conducted by researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the University of Copenhagen and Montreal. The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, focuses on different diets that could help promote longevity and reach old age in good health.

Eight Eating Styles to Live Longer

Longevity is a very recurring topic, in recent years several scientists and researchers have used their field experiences to try to clarify the issue. The study we are talking about is an example: in detail it focuses on eight eating styles of people aged between 39 and 69. It took about thirty years of research based on the analysis of some data relating to over 100 thousand people from the Nurses Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who fell into that age range.

The eight models analyzed by the researchers are all different and interchangeable depending on the adaptation of the people. According to the researchers, these different eating styles can favor a greater life expectancy.

• Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI): A dietary pattern examined by Harvard Medical School. Researchers have classified it as an index capable of assigning ratings to unhealthy foods and nutrients, capable of highlighting foods considered healthy such as fruits, fish, vegetables, whole grains, plant proteins, legumes, olive oil, peanuts, canola and rapeseed.
• Alternative Mediterranean Index (aMED): It was introduced in 1995 and, like the previous one, always generates an index based on the relationship between food and diseases such as cancer. Here the original score works based on the relationship with the Mediterranean diet and suggests a generous intake of vegetables, legumes, fruit, nuts, cereals and fish. It is also necessary to integrate monounsaturated fatty acids and moderate consumption of alcohol, sweets, dairy products such as yogurt and cheese and processed red meat.
• Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH): this dietary plan aims to protect the heart, so much so that it has been named the best diet for those who have problems with this organ.
• Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND): This diet is characterized by antioxidants and a high intake of them. The goal is to obtain benefits for cognitive function and foods such as vegetables, beans, nuts, lean meats, chicken and olive oil, promote this.
• Healthy Plant-Based Diet (hPDI): The main foods in this diet are plant-based foods in general such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes: the habits of this diet bring numerous benefits.
• Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI): Here, the inadequacy of important nutrients such as iron, calcium, potassium and fibre is highlighted for health in the USA.
• Empirically Inflammatory Dietary Pattern (EDIP): parameter that defines to what extent the dietary pattern is able to promote the synthesis of pro-inflammatory molecules. It also highlights the association between diet and a high index of degenerative and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes or arteriosclerosis.
• Empirical Dietary Index for Hyperinsulinemia (EDIH): measures eating habits that help counteract hyperinsulinemia, or excess insulin in the blood.