If you want to live a long, healthy life, take a good look at what's on your plate. While you don't need to be strict about healthy eating, the food choices you make regularly can affect your long-term health — especially when it comes to one nutrient in particular.
While many people just want to live as long as possible, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the author of the new book out this month “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life,” tells TODAY.com that he's focused on a different version of longevity: aging healthily.
When it comes to food choices, healthy aging doesn't mean restricting yourself, he says, but rather making nutritious choices most of the time and allowing yourself an occasional high-quality treat.
But there's one health-boosting nutrient that the vast majority don't get enough of, says Emanuel, who trained as an oncologist and is now a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
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