{"id":247991,"date":"2025-11-06T20:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/247991\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:26:07","slug":"mary-berrys-3-food-rules-to-stay-healthy-at-90-not-superfood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/247991\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Berry’s 3 food rules to stay healthy at 90 – not superfood"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the age of 90, Dame Mary Berry<\/a> is proving that age is just a number. The legendary baker, known for her sharp wit and insistence on a perfect bake, shows no signs of slowing down. Now, the Cordon Bleu-trained chef has revealed the three food rules that keep her energetic, glowing, and capable of whipping up a flawless lemon drizzle cake without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n

Dame Mary, famously strict about soggy bottoms during her stint as a judge on The Great British Bake Off<\/a>, is currently starring in a new BBC<\/a> series, Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking<\/a>. Alongside the show, she has released a companion cookbook just in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Lessons from Our Mothers podcast with sisters Cressida and Isabella, Dame Mary shared the no-nonsense tips that have kept her sprightly into her tenth decade, none of which involve fad diets or trendy superfoods.<\/p>\n

1. Ditch the junk
\u201cI avoid processed foods. Absolutely, definitely,\u201d Dame Mary said.<\/p>\n

While technically much of our everyday food is processed, she draws the line at ultra-processed meals such as chicken nuggets, sugary cereals, and \u201cjust add water\u201d packet dinners.<\/p>\n

Instead, she champions single-ingredient cooking: preparing meals from scratch and checking labels to avoid unnecessary additives and preservatives.<\/p>\n

With over 57% of calories in the UK coming from ultra-processed foods, Dame Mary\u2019s approach is a timely reminder that common sense often trumps gimmicks.<\/p>\n

2. Butcher knows best
For quality meat, Dame Mary recommended visiting your local independent butcher.<\/p>\n

Not only do they provide superior cuts, but they also offer valuable advice on preparation, portioning, and cooking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go to the butcher. You get advice as well as good meat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Supporting independent butchers also helps preserve a vital British trade that has seen a 60% decline since the 1990s due to the rise of supermarkets.<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t follow every trend
Having witnessed decades of food trends, Dame Mary advised sticking to what works.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t go with the trends. I\u2019m not a huge lover of kale. I used to give that to my pony,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While kale and other so-called superfoods are healthy, she stressed that traditional vegetables like cabbage and spinach are equally beneficial and perfectly acceptable choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the age of 90, Dame Mary Berry is proving that age is just a number. The legendary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[56752,102,103613,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-247991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-diets-section","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-mary-berry","11":"tag-nutrition","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}