"Food is medicine. And some foods are more powerful medicines than others! Food is most powerful tool to create optimal health. Food is the first and most powerful drug in my arsenal to treat patients."
Pretty cool info from Prof Brian Kennedy, one of the leading authorities in the field of aging/longevity. (previously, CEO of Buck Insitute in US, now with NUHS in S'pore)
Supermarket shelves are increasingly flooded with foods produced by extensive industrial processing, generally low in essential nutrients, high in sugar, oil and salt and liable to be overconsumed. And they are very attractive: the convenience of microwave meals, the good taste of chips, the cheapness of a snack to take to school. A research by the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, in Italy, now confirms that these foods are harmful to health.