Here's my advice and I don't think it has to be complicated: My advice is to eat only natural whole foods like fresh fruit, fresh non-starchy vegetables, whole intact grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Basically, the only processed foods I eat are extra virgin olive oil and Ezekiel bread. Also, cooking is a form a processing and I do cook some foods.
Moderate exercise daily.
Vitamins: B12 because I'm a vegan and D3 because I'm not very good at converting sunlight to vitamin D.
Drink plenty of water: Not too much and not too little.
Avoid stress: I enjoy doing some meditation from time to time.
Keep mentally active: Read and do puzzles etc..
So far it's working very well. I'm 70 and in good health. I don't take any medications; no over-the-counter medications either. Usually, when I go to the doctor for my yearly check up, they tell me my blood pressure is 100/50. That's after sitting for a few minutes. If they take it as soon as I sit down it will be a little higher, like 110/60.
Overall, I believe in eating as few calories as possible while maintaining an ideal weight and optimal nutrition. (It's my own version of the CRON diet.)
Pet peeve: When people tell me they practice moderation, that gets me. The concept of moderation was promoted by the processed food industry. Remember this slogan from years ago? "There's room for all kinds of foods in a healthy diet." (This assumes you practice moderation.) It's a fallacy that the general public has fallen for, hook, line and sinker. Here's why: If you start with a healthy diet and then proceed to include all kinds of highly processed foods, you no longer have a healthy diet.
