Food for Healthy Aging by Dr Ang Poon Liat

This course is a series of 6 sessions where all sessions must be attended.

There is a saying “If you could live the first 50 years of life without major ill health; the next 50 years will be your Golden Years – a gift of healthy longevity”. Healthy longevity is not a given; you must nurture your body, mind, and spirit to attain a healthy outcome. 

Lifespan is the number of years you lived, Healthspan is the number of healthy years before death, while Disease span is the number of years you suffered before death. The average of Singaporean is 85 years, the world 3rd highest; while the average for Singaporean is 73.9 years, the world highest. These are excellent statistics, but there is an 11 years of Disease span from chronic degenerative diseases among 90% of Singaporeans. This is rather unfortunate because we should die naturally of old ag…