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Hero foods

Jamie Oliver says these 14 "hero" foods can help you live to 100

Do you eat them?

JAMIE OLIVER IS on a mission to find the world’s healthiest, most-enduring communities.

In his new show, Jamie’s Super Food – which airs Mondays on Channel 4 – he travels around the world visiting regions where people live longest and stay healthy well into old age.

On the show, he reveals the 14 ingredients, which he calls “heroes” that he says he encountered frequently on his journeys from Japan to Costa Rica. Both areas have some of the highest percentages of people living to be 100.

He says they are:

Eggs

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Goat’s milk

Wild greens and herbs

Fish

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Sweet potato

Tofu

Walnuts

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Black beans

Fresh fruit

Wild rice

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Seaweed

Prawns

Fishmas dinner

Chillies 

Garlic

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Oliver maintains that the ingredients make delicious food.

“It’s not about goji berries and green drinks. It’s about cooking smart with simple foods.

“They’re all using humble ingredients to make some of the simplest and tastiest dishes I’ve ever tasted.”

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