On The Menu: Garlic, Chocolate, Fish, Yams

"Last year the British Medical Journal ran a paper advocating the 'Polypill' - combining aspirin, folic acid and cholesterol-lowering and blood-pressure drugs - for everybody over 55. But an article in the Christmas issue says a 'Polymeal', containing fish, wine, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, garlic and almonds, would achieve roughly the same effect."

"The Polymeal can either be eaten as an entire meal - a recipe by the chef Raymond Blanc suggests watercress soup, grilled fillet of mackerel with a tagine of winter root vegetables, chickpeas, toasted almonds and roasted garlic, followed by chocolate mousse - or the ingredients can be eaten separately during the day, say the doctors."

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