it will preserve your cognitive function as you get older

The idea of eating healthily is to keep a normal weight in order to improve your quality of life and to generally live life to the full. Advertisements for weight loss and nutritional advice tend to show good looking slim and sexy individuals therefore emphasizing the physiological benefits of a healthy diet, however this is only a small bit of the picture. In fact probably the biggest quality of life impact that healthy eating will have is that it will preserve your cognitive function as you get older.

Research published in the book "The Invisible Gorilla" claims that healthy eating and regular exercise will have an almost immediate impact on improving your brain function and this will be especially noticeable in elderly people. The book also observed that all of the brain workouts in the form of puzzles and tests had only a minimal impact on brain function and healthy eating and exercise were much more effective.

Another in depth study done by the Chicago's Rush University Medical Centre has shown that a Mediterranean diet improved cognitive function in the elderly. For the study almost 4,000 Americans over the age of 65 were looked at and examined for their diet and their cognitive function using arithmetic and word memory puzzles. Those volunteers who followed a Mediterranean diet had a statistically significant slower cognitive decline.

Put simply, if you don't eat healthily and get regular exercise you will age much faster and your quality of life will be compromised therefore at a younger age. Exercise does not necessarily mean you have to go down to the gym and lift heavy weights but just getting a brisk 30 minute walk every day could make the difference between forgetting the names of your friends and where you parked your car, to surprised admiration at your mental and physical agility at your hundredth birthday!