These 5 diets could add years to your life even if you ha...

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Let’s talk about Five dietary patterns that involve eating lots of plants have been linked with living up to three years longer, even among people who are genetically predisposed to have a shorter life Health These 5 diets could add years to your life even if you have rough genes Five dietary patterns that involve eating lots of plants have been linked with living up to three years longer, even among people who are genetically predisposed to have a shorter life By Alice Klein 13 February 2026 Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email A healthy diet has long been linked to living into old age – and you dont have to adhere to it perfectly to reap the benefits SolStock/ Five dietary patterns have been associated with living years longer, regardless of someones genetic risk factors for disease, in a study of more than 100,000 people.

“If you want to live a long life, its definitely worth trying to have a healthier dietary pattern, and the good news is that it doesnt have to be absolutely immaculate,” says Clare Collins at the University of Newcastle in Australia, who wasnt involved in the study. A longevity diet that hacks cell ageing could add years to your life Yanling Lv at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and her colleagues looked at the association between diet and longevity from 103,000 participants in the UK Biobank study. (we’re not making this up)

The individuals were scored based on how closely they reported adhering to five before validated healthy diets: a Mediterranean-type diet , a plant-based diet, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, the DRRD (Diabetes Risk Reduction Diet), and the AHEI (Alternative Healthy Eating Index).

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These five diets vary slightly in their approach, but in general, “theyre all recommending high intakes and a big variety of vegetables and fruit, theyre all recommending whole grain intake, theyre all recommending lean sources of protein, and many of those are vegetarian proteins”, says Collins. They also recommend steering away from sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods.

The studys subjects were followed for a decade, during which time around 4300 of them died.

Why This Matters

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This could have implications for future research in this area.

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