| | A good diet can help maintain muscle strength, cognitive function and immunity, says Dr Claire McEvoy | | Mary Comber Health Writer | As we enter our later years, we’re often more concerned about stiff joints or a poor memory than what’s on our plate.
Even so, only around 20 to 30 per cent of ageing is determined by genetics, and the rest is shaped by lifestyle. A good diet can help maintain muscle strength, cognitive function and immunity, while reducing our risk of conditions such as heart disease and stroke.
Generally speaking, a healthy, balanced plate comprises one third wholegrain carbohydrates, one third vegetables, and one third lean protein. For example, sardines on wholegrain toast served with avocado or tomatoes make a quick lunch rich in healthy fats, protein and fibre. Oily fish are also a great source of omega-3 which may reduce cognitive decline.
Even switching up your coffee order can make a big difference: opting for a semi-skimmed latte can provide almost half of your daily recommended calcium intake. Calcium is particularly important for menopausal women, who can lose up to 10 per cent of their bone mass.
So, eating well in later life really doesn’t need to be complicated. Here, nutrition scientist Dr Claire McEvoy shares her other top diet tips for healthier ageing.
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Learn how to grow you money here ➤ | Everyone is wrong about: Fish and chips Every week, one of our writers takes an unfashionable position, either defending a subject that’s been unfairly maligned or criticising something that most people love.  | Michael Mosbacher Deputy Comment Editor | Dover sole, turbot, monkfish, crab, lobster – some of the world’s most delicious seafood is landed at Britain’s ports. With warming waters, we can now also enjoy bumper harvests of octopus, and bluefin tuna have returned to Cornish and Devonian waters. Yet, tragically, the glories of our own boats’ catches are exported in bulk to Spain’s discerning consumers rather than being feasted upon here.
Our offshore harvest satiates epicurean longings from Shanghai to San Francisco, yet our national dish is the blandest piscine creation imaginable. Worse, much of its raw material does not even come from our waters but is imported from Norwegian factory ships. Most chippies dole out fish they have received in frozen, pre-portioned wedges.
The very dish of fish and chips, as with so much of our national diet, has its origins abroad. Fried, battered fish was introduced to these shores by Spanish and Portuguese immigrants. From the 1860s potato fryers combined with fish peddlers to offer the modern dish – that was the British innovation. The fad took off and at its peak in the mid 1920s there were more than 35,000 chippies in the UK. That number is now substantially down, but there are still at least 10,000 fish and chip outlets in the UK and Ireland.
Is there really nothing more quintessentially British than tucking into fish and chips on the front, doing one’s best to shoo away predatory seagulls and pretending the weather is not inclement? Cod and haddock are among the dullest of saline offerings. Once they have been covered in batter and deep-fried, one can munch away thoughtlessly, as with any other tasteless protein. Then, one turns to the spud. Is there anyone who truly prefers our all too often soggy British chip to properly done fries?
The case for fish and chips may once have been that it was a cheap, filling food for all the family. That is no longer the case. A family meal for four can easily come in at more than £80, quite a price for a taste of anodyne nostalgia. Britain’s fisheries have so much more rewarding nourishments to offer.
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Nicknamed the Blonde Terror, Engeman, who has died aged 81, was as likely to be photographed draped over the bonnet of a racing car as behind the wheel.
Even so, there was no doubting her toughness. In 1970, she crashed her single-seat Formula Ford in Brazil and cheated death by escaping from the overturned car as it sank into a swamp.
She launched her career in British touring car racing races in Britain, and was on the verge of becoming a Formula One driver when she retired to become a mother. She also acted in films and modelled: she was the face of Alfa Romeo in brochures, as well as driving their saloons in endurance races. | She appeared in the 1966 film Grand Prix and was a double for Ursula Andress in Casino Royale in 1967 | Engeman had a rule of avoiding romantic entanglements with other drivers, insisting that “it would have prevented me from racing these guys as hard as I wanted”.
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