The Superfoods You Need To Improve Your Gut-Health At Every Age | This Morning

And now we've talked a lot about

superfoods

like blueberries, avocados, and nuts, but are you eating the right

superfoods

for

your

age? Dr. Federica Amarti is a leading nutrition scientist who says that we should eat different superfoods depending on our age and she is here to tell us more good

morning

certain foods are good at certain ages is

this

what you are saying yeah well what What I'm saying is that the foods that make us really

health

y and nourish us change as we age, well we often have

this

idea that a fixed diet is what we should follow for the rest of our lives and I'm trying to help people. people to connect with this idea that we actually evolve and change our physiological changes and therefore different foods support us in different ways in different lives. stages well and accept that change instead of trying to resist it and say oh why can't I eat the same things and you know why can't I feel as good as when I ate this 10 years ago, it's like

your

body is fine. changed and that's good, it means you're still alive, that's great, yes, absolutely.

I think sometimes I can confuse nutrition with just being careful with my calories to make sure I don't eat too much and it bothers you to say that. That's not what you'd like to propose, yes, absolutely Ben, so calories are a metric, but they don't tell us anything about the nutritional value of foods, they don't tell us anything about how good that food will taste, and they don't tell us anything. about how you are individually. We're going to use that food, so while it's a measurement and it's useful, I would say it's useful in research, but for each day calorie counting often takes the pleasure out of food and doesn't really help us orient ourselves towards foods that are good for us. and help us nourish ourselves, help us feel good because you actually said that more food in your house is better, so we know from global data that we looked at hundreds of thousands of people that actually the risk factors associated with diet and

health

yes, it's not that it's not so much about eating too much red meat or eating too much saturated fat, it's about eating not enough whole grains, not enough legumes, not enough nuts and seeds, we have the bean lady, we have the better bean lady later. and there is not enough fruit, so the data is very clear: what we

need

is to add these foods to the plate.

Focus less on what you can't eat and more on what you can add to your plate, tell us and that's what we

need

. looking for help let's do this you've been through decades for us yes I've fed you and you're going to try to explain exactly what we should be eating in different decades so this is where I'm cleaning up right now to my I'm 40 so what? what should I be doing right? Actually, the idea is that we know that a healthy diet always includes lots of fruits and vegetables, we don't eat enough of them anyway as a nation, but there are specific foods that are really useful for specific results at different ages, so at 40 the Women often begin to feel the effects of postpartum, so having children causes nutrient depletion and, frankly, being quite tired and we are also experiencing the beginnings of menopause. many women now eating really nice leafy greens like this support great micronutrient content that helps us feel better and supports our gut health and for men we really need to be very conscious about heart disease prevention , so men have a higher risk of heart disease. now, these colorful beets, dark black beans and Obin contain polyphenols, which are these useful plant chemicals, yes, that really protect our vascular system and the health of our heart, and when we look at this, it is a large volume of foods with high density of nutrients that helps us feel. filling and nourished, high in protein and high in polyphenols that will make us feel great when we are quite tired.

I love it, it's just an example, there is a lot of colorful food. I love it, come on, so at 50 is when we have to try even harder. We really focus on preventing disease and feeling good

every

day, so we typically postmenopausal or menopausal women in their 50s know that colorful berries like blackberries and blueberries really help manage symptoms and a diet rich in fruits, fruits and colorful vegetables, so we have In fact, in the Zo Menopur study it was shown that eating these types of foods actually decreases the risk of symptoms and severity in men.

We're looking at these colorful cruciferous fruits and vegetables that are really good for heart health and helping lower cholesterol. including oats beta glucan oats so we know cruciferous cruciferous cruciferous vegetables it's like broccoli it's like cauliflower yeah and they're really good for us again they help us feel nourished they help us feel full no one wants to be hungry hunger is really distracting and eating these Food makes you feel good and also makes you flourish in that life. Nobody wants to be hungry, nobody wants to be hungry. Extra virgin olive oil at all times if you're still 50 and you like to cook maybe with butter or, you know, lard, in some cases it actually changes to Extra Virgin, it differs

every

thing yes, very good for the 60s, now the 60, unfortunately is when we start to see an increase in death, so there is this term.

I like to use that term. from Twilight Zone, but some people could use sniper alley, which is a little bit, but that's when we start to see an increase in these diet-related diseases, so cancer, heart disease, strokes, we can prevent them, yes, not all of course, but many with our diet, so foods rich in potassium are really good for hypertension, we know that the balance of sodium and potassium is important, so it includes these in your diet nutritious foods like avocados, fruits again and beans, beans appear in every decade and they are so useful that we don't have whole grains here, but whole grains, we should all eat more of them.

Alright. 7, we don't talk enough about this age. The older people in our lives, right, absolutely need to watch the way they eat and make sure they have three nutritious meals a day. day our hunger levels begin to go down, so we are less sensitive to hunger in this age group and less sensitive to thirst, so preparing nutritious meals, such as soups and stews, contain a lot of liquids, grapes that contain a lot of water . Additionally, cfir is an excellent food because it promotes intestinal health, but it is also rich in protein and other essential nutrients. If you can chew them well, we present these wonderful foods.

Foods if you can't eat nuts. Butters are a very good alternative. smart, yeah, and then oily fish, we know that our brain needs a lot of love and the omega-3 oils that are found in oily fish are so good for our brain health that we want to maintain, we want to maintain good cognitive health and These foods will help us. with that yeah great tons of brilliant advice brilliant advice and you've made it really simple and you can take it all in and I like how you talk about men and women too because we all have different.

It's all very unique and we know that, like I said, public health information about eating more fruits and vegetables, making sure you're eating whole grains, beans and nuts, is important, yes, but we're all individuals. What I am today is different from what I am. It will be in five years, yes, I'm different from you, cat, and you're different from Ben. We loved what you shared with us, thank you very much.