Tag: Nutrition

BBC News – Mediterranean diet keeps people ‘genetically young’

… and it is delicious! Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers. Its mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruits may stop our DNA code from scrambling as we age, according to a study in the British…

December 4, 2014
Now I know why I hate cilantro! Which side of the family do you take after?

Foodies sing the praises of cilantro, and it seems to turn up all the time in restaurant meals. For years I have thought that it must be an acquired taste and that if I just kept eating it, I would soon,

August 2, 2013
Be SMART! … A healthy lifestyle can improve your brain function

Are you interested in lifelong learning? One of the best things that you can do to improve the function of your brain is to choose a healthy lifestyle! I invite everyone to visit Be SMART!, the lifelong-wellness blog that I maintain in support of my online course for OLLI at UVa. The Be SMART! blog…

July 20, 2012