Neuroscientist reveals the one 'superfood' he eats every single day to slow down ageing

Neuroscientist reveals the one 'superfood' he eats every single day to slow down ageing Neuroscientist Dr David Cox has spoken about how what we eat influences how we age while revealing the one 'superfood' he consumes daily to be as healthy as possible A neuroscientist and health journalist has revealed the one 'superfood' he eats every single day to slow down the ageing process. Dr David Cox, who is the author of The Age Code, made the comments on Tonight on ITV. The documentary looked at whether we can improve our quality of life as we age by choosing the right diet — given the number of people living to 100 in the UK has doubled in the past 20 years. And speaking about whether it was ever too late to make impactful dietary changes, Dr Cox said: “Subtle tweaks to diet, whether you’re 20 or whether you’re 90, can still make a big difference and give you many more years of healthy life to come.” Despite more of us living to 100, our healthy life expectancy, which is the number of years we are in solid health, has fallen for men and women to the age of 61. And speaking about how food impacts ageing, Dr Cox was asked about what he tries to eat daily. He said: “I mean, 100% the berries. That’s now become a really key component of my diet. Blueberries for example. “Strawberries as well. They contain these natural chemicals called salicylates which actually help disable zombie cells and make it easier for your immune system to get rid of them. Berries are real, real superfoods.” If you are questioning what “zombie cells” are, Dr Cox explained that when we eat, we have batteries in our cells which turn the energy in food into the energy we need to survive. However, he continued: “But the problem is at the same time they also produce exhaust fumes. They are called zombie cells. Basically, as you age your body becomes more full of these damaged cells which just refuse to die off.” He added: “The zombies basically take over and your short term risk of disease and death goes up.” Dr Cox’s most recent book explores how what we eat impacts the ageing process at a cellular level. He believes a fibre deficit is a key reason why more people under 50 are getting cancer — and he recently spoke about mistakes we make on The Pat Kenny Show in Ireland. The expert said: “Things we're not even doing or things we're eating which are not good for us in our diet, are basically stressing our bodies, which is accelerating ageing in different ways. “Many of us are eating too much. From the moment we wake to the moment we sleep. We’re eating in some way, whether that’s meals or snacking. “It basically puts what I call metabolic stress on our bodies because our bodies are not getting a chance to kind of recover.” As well as not getting enough fibre, he said we are generally eating too much processed food while not consuming enough whole foods, including fruits and vegetables.