Although caffeine in moderation is not harmful and may actually have benefits it should not come in the form of coffee, instead one should drink green teas. Alcohol should be limited but if one chooses to drink, red wine should be the choice.
The British Medical Association reported the findings of a 12 year research program involving 5000 meat eaters and 6100 vegetarians - vegetarians had a 20% lower risk of dying from heart disease and a 39% reduced chance of dying from cancer.
The American Dietetic Association has published research showing that a vegetarian lifestyle reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, hypertension, obesity osteoporosis and biventricular disease. The key to adopting this restricted calorie lifestyle is by lowering calorie and increasing quality. If you were able to cut out everything from your diet nutritionally speaking that was of no use to your body and build on eating only the finest, freshest, best ingredients for you, at the same time increasing your consumption of anti oxidants, you would have one part of the “longevity” mystery solved.
Does the Color of Our Produce Really Matter?
Fruits and vegetables that are dark skinned contain the most bioflavonoids which act as anti oxidants neutralizing free radicals that can cause damage on a cellular level, as do black, green and orange pekoe teas. Green tea contains apigallocatechin-gallate; this is an anti oxidant that may help prevent degenerative brain disease.
