Dietary recommendations for healthy aging arise from the conclusions of the HALE project. It is a project of the European Union that analyzed the determinants of healthy aging in 13 European countries for more than 35 years.
The HALE project concludes that maintaining healthy body weight, following the guidelines of the Mediterranean diet, performing 30 minutes of physical activity each day and not smoking or drinking alcohol, are the excellent style guidelines we should follow.
Let’s go a little more in detail and take a look at the nutritional requirements of each of the nutrients:
Proteins
The proteins are a nutrient having a function mainly plastic, it is part of our structures (cells, tissues,…), in addition to other vital services as hormone or defense.…