THE BEST DIET EVER

The health benefits of Mediterranean food have been lauded for years, but in 2011, the conclusion of a 40-year study of 70-year-olds found that those who follow the diet have a 20 per cent chance of living longer, with an estimated average of two or three years. it doesn’t just mean y ou need to join the loyalty scheme at Pizza express, thoug h. the diet advocated is characterised by large amounts of fish and vegetables and less red meat. Other foods to eat? Well, scientists in Kazakhstan were once fairly convinced they’d invented a lifelengthening yoghurt. similar things have been said of blue honeysuckle berries, while it was a harvard study last year proclaimed that having three cups of coffee a day could extend your life by helping with all manner of ills, f rom Parkinsons to heart attacks. so, yes, sausages are still definitely out.