Even after age 75: What can a small dietary change do for the body?

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Studies from Israel and Australia show that even at an advanced age, it is possible to reduce the risk of frailty, falls, and fractures. And there is something to be done as early as the next meal.

"Tell me, at my age does it still matter?" – I hear this question often. Sometimes from a 75-year-old woman whose daughter accompanies her to the clinic, sometimes from an 80-year-old man sent to me by his doctor. They sit in front of me suspiciously, waiting for me to tell them to give up bread. Many of them assume that the body's condition will no longer improve, and that from now on they are merely managing the decline.I understand where this comes from. 40 or 50 years of habits do not disappear in one appointment. Moreover, most of what is written about nutrition and health is targeted at young people, prevention, and life expectancy.

Opening of the article, excerpted from The Jerusalem Post. To read the rest, open the article on the publisher's site.