17 minutes ago, Maison Rustique said:Definitely true, to a certain extent. But in this household, we are a bit beyond that. I don't really eat much junk. My husband is not well and is older--I'm much more concerned with making whatever time he has left as happy and comforting for him as possible.
I am not talking about restrictive diets. Trust me they are a waste of time after a certain age. What I am talking about is making sure that you are getting adequate amounts of those nutrients that keep you at your peak as far as that is possible. I find it difficult to consume the amount of vegetables and fruit that I believe would make me just a little bit closer to optimum. While I am willing to somewhat watch my salt intake no way am I going to go on a salt free diet. If I'm going to die of something I prefer it was not starvation.
edited to add that the salt restriction would improve my current state of health and has nothing to do with extending my life span.
