HUMANS

"Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food."

PERSONAL ADVISE:
Do not begin this journey towards a VEGAN/PLANT-BASED diet before you have consulted with your healthcare provider.
What you read here are just my preferences; they work fine for me, and I hope, you would become inspired to turn back your biological clock by adopting a more healthy diet and life style.

LIFE STYLE FACTORS TO INCREASE LIFE EXPECTANCY:
There is consensus across the board to recommend four elements in your life style, which will better your health:
No tobacco, keep the BMI under 30, exercise a minimum of 30 minutes every day and eat a whole food, plant-based diet with lots of fruits, berries, nuts, grains, seeds and vegetables.
There seem to be indications, this kind of life style might, as well, reduce your risk of life threatening diseases by up to 80%.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PREVENT:
The five main causes of death, world wide (COVID excluded) are:
Heart disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure.

As we can not immediately observe, how the digestive situation in our body functions, let us turn to science to guide us on a good path towards health.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO EAT:
There seem to be eleven food/drink groups we would benefit from integrating into our diet. Daily exercise is added to make it twelve. They are:
Legumes,
Berries,
Fruits,
Cruciferous Vegetables,
Leafy Greens,
Other Vegetables,
Flax Seeds,
Nuts and Seeds,
Herbs and Spices,
Whole Grains,
Beverages
and Exercise.

You can find more information about"Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen Checklist" at Nutrition.Facts.org
There is a free app to be downloaded, which might be helpful, both as a checklist but also as a shopping list.

HOW TO DIVIDE MY PLATE:
If you divide your plate into 1/4 Whole Grains, 1/4 of Legumes and 1/2 of Vegetables, sprinkled with some Nuts and Seeds, you are off to a good start.

When you feel, your meal is ready, ask yourself: "What can I do to make this even healthier", thereby being conscious of, what you put in your mouth.

EAT THE RAINBOW:
Phytonutrients are hugely important for our health and well being. I recommend a RAINBOW CHECKLIST, to make sure, you do your very best to "Eat the Rainbow" at every meal.

IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS:
To help us, as humans, get the best diet, we need good produce. The choices, we make, as individuals, must be supported by laws, rules and regulations, to further our goals.
We have, in a democracy, the voting right to choose elected officials, who will work to protect us as consumers.

We demand:
Clean produce
Fresh produce
Organic produce
Available in our local supermarkets
Available from "Farmer's Markets".

If this is not the situation, where you live, put pressure on your local authorities and demand change!!!