A leading weight loss Doctor is urging people to consider eating three 'anti-ageing' foods that can help to slow or reverse the ageing process. There are many anti-ageing creams and serums on the beauty market, but few people realise that what you eat can also have an effect on how the body ages. - beyond just the skin
Dr Michael Mosley, who is the resident doctor on ITV and Channel 4 daytime shows, is a trailblazer when it comes to weight loss. But the doctor's latest advice is based around anti-ageing, and the best foods to eat to keep the body as young as possible, which will help to prevent any further ageing.
The TV Doctor's advice comes from his findings while filming for a new documentary. While filming, he has been speaking to some of the world's leading scientists who are researching ways to slow, or even reverse, the ageing process.
A surprising conclusion Dr Mosley reached on his travels, was how genetics play a relatively small part in how we age. Instead, lifestyle is far more important. The doctor also found that eating for your gut health, microbiome, is integral to ageing well and surviving well beyond the average lifespan.
Dr Mosley wrote in the Daily Mail: "We know that what, and how much, you eat play key roles in whether you stay healthy or not — but what seems to be equally important is the impact this food has on your gut microbiome, the mix of bacteria, viruses and fungi, which live in your intestines."
In a study, published earlier this month in the journal Nature Aging, scientists at Guangxi Academy of Sciences in China compared the microbiomes of 1,575 people, ranging in age from 20 to over 100.
Explaining the findings, Dr Mosley says: "They found that the healthy centenarians (those least troubled by age-related disease) had a very diverse mix of bugs in their guts, with particularly high levels of a bacterial species called Bacteroidetes. This bug has previously been linked to slimness, and is present in far smaller amounts in the guts of people who are overweight."
A healthy microbiome not only significantly boosts your immune system, but has been shown to reduce inflammation linked to numerous cancers and heart disease, says the Coventry Telegraph.
How to boost you microbiome
To boost your microbiome with 'anti-ageing' foods, Dr Mosley recommends consuming a largely plant-based, fibre-rich diet, making sure you eat lots of "different-coloured fruit and veg".
The doctor says the best way to boost gut levels of Bacteroidetes and other 'good' bacteria is to eat fermented foods such as such as sauerkraut, kefir and kimchi daily. Meanwhile, foods packed with sugar tend to have the opposite impact on ageing and your gut health.
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