Diet key to slowing signs of ageing, research reveals

Older people could help slow the diseases of ageing by improving their diet, according to research carried out by Tilda, the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing which is being carried out by Trinity College, Dublin.

The latest research from Tilda, which began in October 2009 as a continuing engagement, through medical examinations and interviews, with almost 10,000 people aged 50, shows that the daily diet of one in seven participants does not comply with the recommendations of the so-called food pyramid.