Adding years to life

Eating fish, chips, chocolate, vegetables and fruits may increase the life span of a person by five years.

Eating a Polymeal comprising of fish and chips, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, may increase the life span of a person by five to seven years, by reducing the risk of heart disease, according to researchers.

Results of dining on the Polymeal were most dramatic for men, who were projected to live on average 6.6 years longer in total than those not eating the meal. Men will also live for nine years longer without succumbing to heart disease, according to the study, published in the British Medical Journal.

Women eating the Polymeal will also live significantly longer, nearly five years more than women not eating the meal. They will also put off the onset of heart disease for a longer period The findings follow research last year (2003) into a 'Polypill', a combination of drugs taken in one dose which was designed to reduce heart disease by more than 80 percent. The authors of the Polymeal study have been searching for a non-pharmaceutical alternative.

Following the Polymeal promises to be an effective, non-pharmacological, safe and tasty means to increasing life expectancy and reducing heart disease across the population, the researchers concluded.