As we get older it gets more difficult to maintain a healthy weight. Whether it’s because we lose the energy to keep up a regular exercise routine, or simply because that’s the natural way our body ages, we go through physical changes that many of us won’t be too proud of.

One way to keep this change in your control is to watch what you eat. We all know that a good weight requires exercise and the right diet, and in terms of aging it appears that diet become even more important. One study has found that the flavonoids in fruits and vegetables, in particular, might be of huge importance in keeping our weight down:

“We found that increased intake of fruits like apples, berries and grapes was associated with less weight gain and these are high sources of some types of flavonoids,” said lead study author Monica Bertoia of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

“The goal of this research is to determine which fruits and vegetables may be best for weight maintenance in order to refine dietary guidelines that currently recommend eating more fruits and vegetables but don’t clearly specify which fruits and vegetables are better than others for the prevention of obesity,” Bertoia said.

While eating natural foods is always a recommended choice, in terms of flavonoids, some are better than others. To find out more about the results of the study head over to Newsmax.

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