How should a person eat in middle age to protect their health as they grow older?
One diet came out a clear winner in a 30-year study involving more than 105,000 men and women and eight diets, researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine.
People whose dietary pattern more closely stuck to the Alternative Healthy Eating Index in middle-age had the greatest likelihood of good health in their 70s, researchers say.
Those with the highest AHEI score had 86% better odds of healthy aging at 70, and were 2.2 times more likely to be healthy at 75, results show.
