If we want to live a longer life, perhaps we should be letting some of the super-ager superstars influence more of our life choices.
American actor Dick Van Dyke, who will be 100 in December, is still active, engaged, and was dancing on tables in his most recent movie, the Mary Poppins sequel.
He starts every day by eating blueberries.
New York model and fashionista, Iris Apfel found fame in her eighties, gracing magazine covers and runways while being a fixture on the Manhattan fashion scene. Her secret: “I like to eat well, I don’t like rich food and I don’t eat junk food,” she told Into The Gloss.
Studies linking healthy eating to the prevention of chronic diseases like diabetes or heart disease and premature mortality abound.
Less common are studies that link a healthy diet to healthy ageing…